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paronym

/ˈpæɹənɪm/ UK
/ˈpaɹənɪm/ British, Midlands, Northern England
/ˈpaɾənɪm/ Scotland, UK, Wales
/ˈpæɹənɪm/ Canada, US
/ˈpɛɹənɪm/ Canada, US
/ˈpæɹənəm/ Australia, UK
/ˈpɛɹənəm/ New Zealand

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Where it comes from

Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym.

noun paronyms

A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
Similar: isonym
rare A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).

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noun word derived from the same root/stem

Español	parónimo
日本語	同根語 dōkongo
中文	同源詞 /同源词 tóngyuáncí
Português	parónimo
Deutsch	Paronym
Русский	когна́т kognát, родственное сло́во rodstvennoje slóvo, пароним paronim

noun word that sounds like another word

Español	parónimo
日本語	類音語 ruiongo
Português	parónimo
Français	paronyme
Deutsch	Paronym, Homöophon
Ελληνικά	παρώνυμο parónymo
Română	paronim
Русский	паро́ним parónim

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@misc{paronym_2026,
  title = {paronym},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paronym},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}