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Distinct words with identical written forms

A homograph is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning. However, some dictionaries insist that the words must also be pronounced differently, while the Oxford English Dictionary says that the words should also be of "different origin". In this vein, The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography lists various types of homographs, including those in which the words are discriminated by being in a different word class, such as hit, the verb to strike, and hit, the noun a strike. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: DomainNet: Homograph Detection and Understanding in Data Lake DisambiguationInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Homophones and homographsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Interlingual homograph recognition: Effects of task demands and language intermixingCited 251 times
  5. Go sideways: HomonymA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Heteronym (linguistics)A closely related topic

📖 Definitions

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

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

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