Meaning of soundalike | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sound that audibly resembles another.
2. A music recording with this trait. (Often distinguished from plagiarism by themes of covering, pastiche (tribute), or parody, but sometimes inviting copyright disputes).
3. A word that is either homophonous or sounds similar enough to another that confusion of the two is known to happen.

Examples

“See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement...”

“In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings...”

“Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names].”

“Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike.”

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