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).

1. What is it called when a word has multiple spellings?
2. What are words with different spellings and meanings?
3. What are 5 examples of Heteronyms?
4. What is Fragilistic?
5. What are polysemous words?
6. What word has over 645 different meanings?
7. What is the #1 hardest word to spell?
8. Can you give me examples of homonyms?
9. What are 10 examples of homographs?
10. What is homograph words?

What is it called when a word has multiple spellings?

Homonyms are words which sound alike or are spelled alike but have different meanings.

What are words with different spellings and 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 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.

What is Fragilistic?

Fragilistic means delicate. It has been used as part of the made up word, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the Disney film production of Mary Poppins, describing any quality that is so indescribable that you have no real word to say it with.

What are polysemous words?

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. Polysemous words and homographs constitute a known problem for language learners.

What word has over 645 different meanings?

The little word "run" — in its verb form alone — has 645 distinct meanings. Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, explains the rise of "run" and the decline of a formerly rich word, "set."

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.

Can you give me examples of homonyms?

Homonyms may be words with identical pronunciations but different spellings and meanings, such as to, too, and two. Or they may be words with both identical pronunciations and identical spellings but different meanings, such as quail (the bird) and quail (to cringe).

What are 10 examples of homographs?

Examples of homographs are bow, bat, lead, fine, down, wind, tear, fair, close, desert, minute, accent, buffet, content, compact, object, wound, produce, subject, attribute, etc.

What is homograph words?

According to the Oxford Learner's Dictionary, a homograph is defined as “a word that is spelt like another word but has a different meaning from it, and may have a different pronunciation.” Take a look at some examples to understand how each homograph has different meanings, and how they belong to different parts of ...