homoglyph

发音

UK /ˈhɒməʊɡlɪf/
AU

词形变化

homoglyphs 复数 homoglyphs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    计算机 工程 语言学 数学

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

词源

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

来源：wiktionary