Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soundalike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: sounda-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sound that audibly resembles another.

noun

A sound that audibly resembles another.

Example Sentences

"See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement..."
"In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings..."
"Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names]."
"Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike."

Etymology

From sound + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.

Inflected Forms

soundalikes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lookalike

Questions

What does soundalike mean?: A sound that audibly resembles another.
Where does soundalike come from?: From sound + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.

How to pronounce soundalike

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