Hypertext Webster Gateway: "homophone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Homophone \Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See
{Homophonous}.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with
another. --Gliddon.
2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing
from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and
awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
homophone
n : two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way
but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and
bear)
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