Standard Lemma guide

homograph

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒməɡɹɑːf/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊməɡɹæf/
  • US: /ˈhɑːməɡɹæf/
  • US: /ˈhoʊməɡɹæf/
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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: homonym

2

noun

Meaning 2

A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: homoglyph

3

noun

Meaning 3

two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: homonym

History

Etymology

From homo- + -graph.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: омогра́ф (omográf) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Catalan: homògraf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同音異義詞 /同音异义词 (tóngyīn yìyì) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同音詞 /同音词 (tóngyīncí) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 異讀詞 /异读词 (yìdúcí) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同形詞 /同形词 (tóngxíngcí) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多音字 (duōyīnzì) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同形異義字 /同形异义字 (tóngxíngyìyìzì) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同形字 (tóngxíngzì) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Czech: homograf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Dutch: homograaf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Finnish: homografi — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • French: homographe — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • German: Homograph — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Greek: ομοιογράφος (omoiográfos) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Hebrew: הומוגרף (homográf) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Hungarian: homográf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Irish: homagraf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Italian: omografo — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Kashmiri: ہَم اَچھِرؠ (ham achir') — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Japanese: 同音異義語 (dōon igigo) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Japanese: 同音語 (dōongo) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Khmer: កល្បលេខន៍ (kal lekh) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Northern Kurdish: hevnivîs — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Polish: homograf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Portuguese: homógrafo — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Russian: омо́граф (omógraf) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Russian: омо́ним (omónim) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Serbo-Croatian: homograf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Serbo-Croatian: istopisnica — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Slovene: enakopisnica — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Slovene: homograf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Spanish: homógrafo — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Swedish: homograf — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Thai: คําพ้องรูป (kam-pɔ́ɔng-rûup) — word with the same spelling but different meaning
  • Turkish: eş sesli — word with the same spelling but different meaning