Homophony and Homophonic are from the Greek language ὁμόφωνος ( homóphōnos), literally 'same sounding,' from ὁμός ( homós), "same" and φωνή ( phōnē), "sound". It may refer to:
-
− words with the same pronunciation.
-
Homophony − in music is a texture in which multiple voices move together in harmony.
-
Homophony (writing) − in a theory of writing systems is one of the forms of phonogram.
-
Homophonic substitution cipher − a cipher that disguises plaintext letter frequencies by homophony: 'e' is given more homophonic ciphertext symbols than 'z'.
