EYE RHYME


Meaning of EYE RHYME in English

in poetry, an imperfect rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently (such as move and love, bough and though, come and home, and laughter and daughter). Some of these (such as flood and brood) are referred to as historical rhymes because at one time they probably had the same pronunciation.

Britannica English vocabulary.      Английский словарь Британика.