Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Homophone \Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See
Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with
another. --Gliddon.
[1913 Webster]
2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing
from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and
awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
Homophonic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
homophone
n 1: two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same
way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare
and bear)