how to pronounce homophony

/həˈmɒfəni/

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homophony is pronounced in four syllables

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həmɒfəni

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meanings of homophony

noun:

  1. The quality of being homophonous.
  2. A texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords.

homophony frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word homophony occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics homophony can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that homophony can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to homophony

cacophonyharmonytelephonymonotonycommoditysymphonypolyphonymahogany

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