Words with more than one spelling

Here is a list of words with alternate spellings:

• acknowledgment / acknowledgement. adapter / adaptor. adviser / advisor (but advisory) ambience / ambiance. ...
• glamour / glamor. gray / grey. impostor / imposter. ingrain / engrain. ...
• mollusk/mollusc. movable/moveable. ocher/ochre. ...
• T-shirt /tee shirt. theater/theatre. timbre/timber.

1. What is it called when a word has more than one spelling?
2. What words have many spellings?
3. What are words with multiple spellings and meanings?
4. What are 5 examples of heteronyms?
5. Is there a word with 4 homophones?
6. What is the #1 hardest word to spell?
7. How do you spell 100 in English?
8. What is an example polysemy?
9. What is a polysemous word?
10. What are examples of polysemy words?
11. What are examples of polysemy in English?
12. What is hypernym examples?
13. What is an example of Antanaclasis?
14. What is an example of monosemy?

What is it called when a word has more than one spelling?

multinyms are examples of triple/quadruple/quintuple/sextuple homonyms. According to some definitions, a homonym is a word with the same pronunciation as, but different meaning than, another word. Thus, homonyms come in pairs (at least). However, some remarkable homonyms come in triples, as you may here behold.

What words have many spellings?

Ameba/amoeba: Amoeba is the preferred spelling. It also has variant plural forms: Amoebas is acceptable in all but the most strictly scientific contexts, where amoebae is preferred.

What are words with multiple spellings and meanings?

Homonyms, or multiple–meaning words, are words that have the same spelling and usually sound alike but have different meanings (e.g. Bark– dog bark, tree bark). Right from kindergarten, we learn to use context to determine which meaning of a multiple–meaning word is correct in a sentence.

What are 5 examples of heteronyms?

List 1: bass, live, present, read, tear, bass, present, read, tear, live. List 2: bow, lead, produce, record, wind, lead, produce, record, wind, bow. List 3: close, Mobile, progress, refill, use, close, mobile, progress, refill, use.

Is there a word with 4 homophones?

Is there a word with 4 homophones? medal, meddle, metal, mettle- Probably the best example, doesn't need any pluralization and these are all reasonably common words. right, rite, wright, write- Good except "wright" which is not too common, although derivatives like "shipwright" make sense.

What is the #1 hardest word to spell?

#1: Onomatopoeia

Next, ease your word-cluttered mind with these simple spelling rules to remember commonly misspelled words.

How do you spell 100 in English?

100 in words is written as One hundred or simply Hundred. The name of the number 100 in English is “Hundred”.

What is an example polysemy?

Polysemy is the case where a word has several very closely related meanings. In other words, a native speaker of the language has clear intuitions that the different senses are related to each other in some way. For example: Mouth (of a river vs of an animal) is a case of polysemy.

What is a polysemous word?

A polysemous word is a word that has different meanings that derive from a common origin; a homograph is a word that has different meanings with unrelated origins.

What are examples of polysemy words?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the three most polysemous words in English are run, put, and set, in that order.

What are examples of polysemy in English?

When a symbol, word, or phrase means many different things, that's called polysemy. The verb "get" is a good example of polysemy — it can mean "procure," "become," or "understand."

What is hypernym examples?

In this case, a hypernym is the name of a broader category of things. Dog, for example, is a hypernym for dachshund, Chihuahua, and poodle. Superhero is a hypernym for Batman and Spider-Man. A word can't be a hypernym if there are no other words that can be classified under it.

What is an example of Antanaclasis?

A famous example of antanaclasis is Benjamin Franklin's statement that: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." In this example, the first time "hang" appears it means "stay" or "stand," while the second time it refers to being "hanged."

What is an example of monosemy?

Language scholars use the word monosemy for a word that has only one meaning. A word like "lucrative" (producing a profit) has only one meaning, and is therefore an example of monosemy. A word like "check" is a whole other story.