Hom"o*phone (?), n. [Cf.
F. homophone. See Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound
with another.
Gliddon.
2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
Hear it pronounced