polyphone

Noun

Meaning

A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

polyphonic letter epistle polyphonic character letter communication message note mail dispatch memorandum missive polyphonous alphabetic character polyphones

Hypernyms

letter alphabetic character letter of the alphabet

Anagrams

pleophony

Examples

`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

polyphobic polyphon polyphonal polyphonia polyphonic polyphonic letter