homoiophone

== English == === Alternative forms === homeophone, homoeophone, homœophone === Etymology === From homoi- (“similar”) +‎ -o- +‎ -phone (“sound”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŏmoiʹəfōn, IPA(key): /hɒˈmɔɪəfəʊn/ === Noun === homoiophone (plural homoiophones) A word similar — but not identical — in pronunciation with another; compare homeograph and homophone. 1886: Stephen Denison Peet [ed.], The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, volume 8, page 349 (Jameson & Morse) This was through the existence of homophones and homoiophones in a language, of words with the same or similar sounds, but with diverse significations. 1893: Johan Harold Josua Lindahl, Description of a Skull of Megalonyx Leidyi, page 56 (American Philosophical Society) This was through the existence of homophones and homoiophones, that is, of words with different meanings but the same or nearly the same sound. 1911, July 6th: Robert Seymour Bridges, Correspondence of Robert Bridges and Henry Bradley, 1900–1923, page 81 (The Clarendon Press) Have you any idea as to what ought to be done with what I believe you pepel call homophones or homoiophones. I hope that is not the right name for them. But is it not foolish to have an educated nation that refuses to readjust such inconveniences?