Re: different letters, same sound, is a...?

thanks marco!

>
> That's "homophone" ("homo-" means "the same" and "-phone" means

sound).

> E.g., in most languages written with the Latin alphabet, <K> and

<Q> are

> homophonous to each other.
>

I had the impression that "homophone" was reserved for describing
words -? Perhaps "homophonic characters" is enough for clarity.
Before your reply I had coined "isophone" since it should have the
same meaning and no implied or assumed associations (at least that I
could find).

/Daniel