What are words that sound the same but have different meanings?

Homophones are words that sound the same but are different in meaning or spelling. Homographs are spelled the same, but differ in meaning or pronunciation. Homonyms can be either or even both.

What is the word for a word that has multiple meanings?

Polysemy

How many syllables does February have?

4 syllables

How do you separate syllables in a word?

If this is the case, the first syllable division rule that we try is V/CV (dividing up the word BEFORE the consonant). For example, in the word “robot,” we divide up the word before the b. This creates an open syllable, “ro,” that ends in a vowel. As a result, the o in that syllable is a long o.

How many syllables is many?

2 syllables

What words have the most meanings?

The word with the most meanings in English is the verb ‘set’, with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters.

When a word has more than one syllable?

5 Answers. I believe you would say it is a multisyllabic word. According to WordNet, “polysyllable” means a word having more than three syllables, so it is not correct for the general case. It is called “Polysyllable”.

What is an example of a multiple meaning word?

Multiple meaning words or homophones are words with more than one meaning. For example: The teacher gave me a check mark on my paper. I received a $100.00 check from my aunt in the mail.

What does homophonic mean gender?

Biphobia is fear, hatred, discomfort, or mistrust, specifically of people who are bisexual. Similarly, transphobia is fear, hatred, discomfort with, or mistrust of people who are transgender, genderqueer, or don’t follow traditional gender norms.

What is the VCCV rule?

A VCCV word is a two-syllable words with the pattern vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel in the middle of the word. The word breaks into two syllables after the first consonant. You’ll also find VCCV words that have a double consonant: summer, tennis, better, pattern, soccer, and more.