Net Deals Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Homophone - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone

   A homophone ( / ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə -/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning. The two words may be spelled the same, for example rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or spelled differently, as in rain, reign, and rein. The term homophone sometimes applies to units ...

3. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_homographs

   List of English homographs. Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning. Homographs may be pronounced the same ( homophones ), or they may be pronounced differently ( heteronyms, also known as heterophones). Some homographs are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable, and verbs when it is on ...

4. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/Homophones

   en.wikipedia.org/.../Homophones

   wood and would. yack and yak. yoke and yolk. yore, you're and your. you'll and Yule. These pairs become homophones in certain dialects only (mostly in American English) aahed and odd. adieu and ado. ant and aunt.

5. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_word_play

   List of forms of word play. This is a list of techniques used in word play . Techniques that involve the phonetic values of words. Engrish. Chinglish. Homonym: words with same sounds and same spellings but with different meanings. Homograph: words with same spellings but with different meanings. Homophone: words with same sounds but with ...

6. Homonym - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym

   Homonym. In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs —words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones —words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both. [1] Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument) are ...

7. Characteristics of dyslexia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristics_of_dyslexia

   Dyslexia. Dyslexia is a disorder characterized by problems with the visual notation of speech, which in most languages of European origin are problems with alphabet writing systems which have a phonetic construction. [1] Examples of these issues can be problems speaking in full sentences, problems correctly articulating Rs and Ls as well as Ms ...

8. Pronunciation of English wh - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_English...

   The pronunciation of the digraph wh in English has changed over time, and still varies today between different regions and accents. It is now most commonly pronounced /w/, the same as a plain initial w , although some dialects, particularly those of Scotland, Ireland, and the Southern United States, retain the traditional pronunciation /hw ...

9. Phonological history of English close back vowels - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of...

   As a result, word pairs like look and Luke, pull and pool, full and fool are homophones, and pairs like good and food and foot and boot rhyme. The history of the merger dates back to two Middle English phonemes: the long vowel /oː/ (which shoot traces back to) and the short vowel /u/ (which put traces back to).