horse-hoarse merger
noun/ˈhoɹs hoɹs ˌmɝdʒɚ/US/ˈhɔːs hɔːs ˌmɜːdʒə/UK/ˈhɔɹs hoɹs ˌmɛɹdʒəɹ/
Definitions
A phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war…
A phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war and wore, for and four, etc become homophones.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for horse-hoarse merger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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