homoglyph

Noun

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.

Examples

The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.

Scrabble Score: 0

homoglyph: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
homoglyph: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
homoglyph: not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

homoglyph: not valid in Words With Friends