Query: Homographs

[Grant Barrett]

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> De: "Alan J. Friedman" <AFRIEDMAN at ftc.gov>
> Date: Tue 28 Jan 2003  15:41:23 America/New_York
> Objet: Question for the ADS Webmaster
>
> My son and I have compiled about 90 words  -- words like bow, minute,
> tear, delegate, intimate -- that change meaning depending upon
> pronounciation.  Some people call these words "homographs."  Is there
> an official linguistic category for such words?  If not, should there
> be?  My favorites are "axes" (plural of ax and axis), "entrance," and
> "routed" (past tenses of rout and route).  I have read that, in
> contrast to the multitude of homonyms, there are less than 100
> homographs.  Are there any scholars who may have a running list of
> homographs?