homoglyph

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) +‎ glyph after homograph. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: hŏʹmōglĭf, IPA(key): /ˈhɒməʊɡlɪf/ === Noun === homoglyph (plural homoglyphs) (linguistics, computing) A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:homoglyph. ==== Coordinate terms ==== allographs (variant forms for the same grapheme) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====