Suede and swayed. Mine and mine. They're homophones, right? No, wait — homonyms? Are homophone and homonym synonyms? And what's the deal with homographs, anyway? How do they fit in? At least you ...

“Our hour has come,” proclaim the militant homophones. “We are discrete but no longer discreet.” They threaten to uproot heteronymativity. This leaves many to suspect the real homophone addend ...

On the other hand, homophones can be tricky when someone is talking because they sound the same. There’s no chance to go back and use context to sort out the confusion. As an example ...