homoglyph
A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs…A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.
Meaning
1 sensesA character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.
The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL.
Homoglyph
омо́глифomóglif
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.
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Forms
plural: homoglyphs| Singular | homoglyph |
|---|---|
| Plural | homoglyphs |
regular