Translation examples
Sanat two ja too ovat homofoneja, mutteivät homografeja.
These are homographs that are not homophones.
Kuitenkin morfeemien rajoilla vokaalin pituus saattaa joskus erottaa toisistaan kaksi muuten homofonista sanaa.
However, when morpheme boundaries come into play, vowel length can sometimes distinguish otherwise homophonous words.
Q-kirjain ja japanilainen numero 9 (translitteroidaan tavallisesti "kyū") ovat homofoneja, joita käytetään usein japanilaisissa sanaleikeissä.
The letter Q and the Japanese number 9 (typically romanized as "kyū", but as "kew" on the book's Japanese cover) are homophones, which are often used in Japanese wordplay.
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