Which term best describes "a word spelled the same as another word but with a different meaning"?

Which term best describes "a word spelled the same as another word but with a different meaning"?

• A. Homonym
• B. Homograph
• C. Digraph
• D. Dyspraxia

Answer: (B)

A word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning is called a homograph. The same spelling is shared, but the meanings are different, like bat (the animal) and bat (the stick used in baseball). Homographs are about how words look in writing, not just how they sound. While some people use the broader term homonym to cover words with the same sound or the same spelling but different meanings, the precise label for this clue is homograph. A digraph is two letters that together make one sound (like “sh” or “ch”), which isn’t about meaning differences, and dyspraxia is unrelated to word meanings.

A word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning is called a homograph. The same spelling is shared, but the meanings are different, like bat (the animal) and bat (the stick used in baseball). Homographs are about how words look in writing, not just how they sound. While some people use the broader term homonym to cover words with the same sound or the same spelling but different meanings, the precise label for this clue is homograph. A digraph is two letters that together make one sound (like “sh” or “ch”), which isn’t about meaning differences, and dyspraxia is unrelated to word meanings.