# REE-cord vs REC-erd **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ree-cord-vs-rec-erd/139242 "2002-11-27T23:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ree-cord-vs-rec-erd/139242/1 "2002-11-27T23:29:05Z")
Is there a name for words that have have the same spelling but different pronunciations depending on the context. Thanks. Its been buggin me all day. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ree-cord-vs-rec-erd/139242/2 "2002-11-28T00:14:06Z")
Homographs. Homonyms have the same pronunciation, but different spellings (e.g., which and witch). ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ree-cord-vs-rec-erd/139242/3 "2002-11-28T00:16:16Z")
Thanks!!! And just so you know that stumped the “English” hotline at the Univ of Delaware. Go Blu Henz JDC UD '96 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ree-cord-vs-rec-erd/139242/4 "2002-11-28T03:15:34Z")
Of course, here in Canada the noun is rec-ORD.