what is the name for when  words sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings?
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Actually, it's homophones.
130513
same stuff you do just with a different accent
1050278
the letters are mixed up
185332
Two words meaning the same thing.
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The ones that sound alike but are spelled differently, and these anagrams are very confusing to those in spelling bees too.  Words like meat and meet would have to be put in different sentences so people can improve their spelling too.
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Hi,\n\nI would venture that the term you are asking for is 'coining' a new phrase or term. If the newly coined term is a set of words instead of one morpheme (word), then it may be called coining a new 'fixed expression' or 'idiom', although coining something new does not necessarily guarantee that it will become part of the collective 'vocabulary' or lexico-grammatical awareness of world English dialects.
755531
According to the rhyming dictionary, no.\n\nIt does have some suggestions for similar sounds.
593830
Alternate spellings--no difference
321471
Another word for a synonym is, "similar".
1066079
Generally, the spelling of a word originates with the word in a different language (for example, Latin).  A lot of times, the words are pronounced only slightly different and spelled only slightly different.  As language changes over time, so does the pronunciation and the spelling.
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Homophone- One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.\n\nHomonym- One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).\n\nto the guy below: I'm ahead of you.......I used the same source!
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not just because they belong to same root but also the migration of early people to other places/countries and islands is one reason why there are similarities in sound and meaning of words.imagine here in the philippines they said the language here is malay austronesian but i noticed some tagalog word is close to greek and hebrew. like alatih-salt in greek but in tagalog it is salty (alat)mathainoh to learn but in tagalog it is matino meaning learning or right way of thinking. the hebrew word abba is ama in tagalog.etc
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As I understand it, they are the same thing, just different spellings.
6456
Sounds like some kind of a mix-up.
956316
It is pronounced the same as "whales" or "wails"
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They are palindromes. Examples would be: Madam and kayak. Sentances can also be palindromic. A good one is about Napoleon who was imprisoned on the island of Elba: 'Able was I, ere I saw elba '. There's a good website at:\nwww.palindromelist.com
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needs correct spelling\nComprisal.\nI think it means that both are on same side/angle/ join in same song/speech, that sort of thing.