Spelling Pronunciation Etymon Meaning Foo Type name Examples
No No No No Unrelated apple—orange
No No No Yes Synonym small—little
No No Yes No Cognate strip—stripe, burrow—borough, skirt—shirt
No No Yes Yes 1 Doublet guardian—warden, clerk—cleric, local—locale
No No Yes Yes 2 Variant hanged—hung, behove—behoove, put—putt
No Yes No No Homophone seed—cede
No Yes No Yes Synonym Homophone faker–fakir yearn–yen "have a yen for"
No Yes Yes No 3 Cognate Homophone layer—lair, flower—flour, grill—grille, metal—mettle
No Yes Yes No 4 sense-specific spelling set—sett, naught—nought, mask–masque, magic–magick
No Yes Yes Yes Spelling variant color—colour, griffin—gryphon, pedlar—peddler
Yes No No No Homograph lead /lɛd//liːd/, row /roʊ//raʊ/
Yes No No Yes Synonym Homograph ?
Yes No Yes No 5 Cognate Homograph evening /ˈiːvnɪŋ//ˈiːvənɪŋ/
Yes No Yes No 6 sense-specific pronunciation used /juːzd//juːst/, Initial-stress-derived nouns
Yes No Yes Yes Pronunciation variant tomato /təˈmeɪtoʊ//təˈmɑːtoʊ/
Yes Yes No No Homonym spoke "uttered"—"radius", bat "stick"—"flying mammal", sole "single"—"fish"
Yes Yes No Yes False cognate/Conflation mean "mediocre" (from Old English gemæne)—"average" (from Latin medianus), prize "reward"–"booty", policy [certificate]–[procedure]
Yes Yes Yes No Polysemy cry "weep"—"shout", light "illumination"—"not heavy"
Yes Yes Yes Yes 7 "Cousin Conflation" line (of Old English line and Old French ligne; both from Latin linea)
Yes Yes Yes Yes 8 Identical wallaby—wallaby

What about:

  • demesne-domain? They came from Anglo-French demeine at different times and have overlapping meanings.[1] So is it Synonym Homophone, Cognate Homophone, or sense-specific spelling?
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