homophone

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hom=o=phone

CIDE DICTIONARY

homophone, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.].

•  A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.  Gliddon.  [1913 Webster]
•  A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

homophone, n.
1 a word having the same sound as another but of different meaning or origin (e.g. pair, pear).
2 a symbol denoting the same sound as another.