homoglyph

noun /ˈhəʊ.mə.ɡlɪf/

1. A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.

   The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry homoglyph (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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