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Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings. They aren't necessarily spelled the same.

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What is the correct pronunciation of the word "route"?

In my local dialect (Toronto, Canada), it is /ruːt/ for a roadway, and /raʊt/ (but that's very approximate; see Canadian raising ) for the act of specifying a path (and rowter for the computer network …
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