Homonym (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Homonym" in English language version.

Last modified: 21:44:34, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

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33books.google.com

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33tufts.edu

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32reference.com

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22web.archive.org

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11fun-with-words.com

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11wordnik.com

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11etymonline.com

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books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Some sources restrict the term "homograph" to words that have the same spelling but different pronunciations. See, for example, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, p. 215 (Wiley-Blackwell, 1999) and The Encyclopædia Britannica (14th Edition) (entry for "homograph").
Some sources restrict the term "homophone" to words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings. See, for example, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, p. 202 (Wiley-Blackwell, 1999) and The Encyclopædia Britannica (14th Edition) (entry for "homograph").
Semantics: a coursebook, p. 123, James R. Hurford and Brendan Heasley, Cambridge University Press, 1983

etymonline.com (Global: 669^th place; English: 670^th place)

"The Online Etymological Dictionary". Retrieved 2008-01-14.

fun-with-words.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Some sources do not require that heteronyms have different pronunciations. See, for example, the archived Encarta dictionary entry (which states that heteronyms "often" differ in pronunciation) and the "Fun with Words" website (which states that heteronyms "sometimes" have different pronunciations).

oup.com (Global: 292^nd place; English: 233^rd place)

academic.oup.com

Laufer, Batia. "A Problem in Vocabulary Learning—Synophones" (PDF). p. 295. I suggest that words similar in sound but different in meaning should be referred to as synophones (cf. synonym = word of similar meaning).

reference.com (Global: 1,491^st place; English: 1,468^th place)

dictionary.reference.com

homonym, Random House Unabridged Dictionary at dictionary.com
"the definition of homonymous". Dictionary.com.^{[dead link]}

textgears.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Homonyms in English

tufts.edu (Global: 192^nd place; English: 165^th place)

perseus.tufts.edu

ὁμώνυμος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
ὁμός, King George V Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicons, on Perseus Digital Library
ὄνομα, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Some sources do not require that heteronyms have different pronunciations. See, for example, the archived Encarta dictionary entry (which states that heteronyms "often" differ in pronunciation) and the "Fun with Words" website (which states that heteronyms "sometimes" have different pronunciations).
"Linguistics 201: Study Sheet for Semantics". Pandora.cii.wwu.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-04-23.

wiktionary.org (Global: 1,064^th place; English: 1,160^th place)

en.wiktionary.org

"Homoiophone". 27 April 2023.

wordnik.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"homonymous — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik". Wordnik.com.

wwu.edu (Global: low place; English: 7,216^th place)

pandora.cii.wwu.edu

"Linguistics 201: Study Sheet for Semantics". Pandora.cii.wwu.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-04-23.

Homonym (English Wikipedia)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

etymonline.com (Global: 669th place; English: 670th place)

fun-with-words.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

oup.com (Global: 292nd place; English: 233rd place)

academic.oup.com

reference.com (Global: 1,491st place; English: 1,468th place)

dictionary.reference.com

textgears.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

tufts.edu (Global: 192nd place; English: 165th place)

perseus.tufts.edu

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wiktionary.org (Global: 1,064th place; English: 1,160th place)

en.wiktionary.org

wordnik.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

wwu.edu (Global: low place; English: 7,216th place)

pandora.cii.wwu.edu

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

etymonline.com (Global: 669^th place; English: 670^th place)

oup.com (Global: 292^nd place; English: 233^rd place)

reference.com (Global: 1,491^st place; English: 1,468^th place)

tufts.edu (Global: 192^nd place; English: 165^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wiktionary.org (Global: 1,064^th place; English: 1,160^th place)

wwu.edu (Global: low place; English: 7,216^th place)