👉 In linguistics, a homophone is a word or phrase that contains two sound changes in its spelling. It can be either a hyphenated word (a compound word with a different root and ending) or a single syllable word. Homophones are often used to create new words or phrases by combining two existing ones. For example, the word "cat" is a homophone of "kat," which is a compound word made up of "kat," a vowel sound, and "