\Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See
{Homophonous}.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with
   another. --Gliddon.
2. 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.