What are the word records for contranyms, homophonic?
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What are the word records for contranyms, homophonic? (Meaning / Synonyms and Antonyms / contranyms (homographic antonym) [2-179,9-29,11-27,12-167,15-154]) [ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]
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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ] Sources: [22-38] common words: aural & oral (heard & spoken) common words: fiance & fiancee (female betrothed & male betrothed) common words: raise & raze (erect & tear down) common words: succor & sucker (aid & hoodwink) common words: enumerable & innumerable (countable & uncountable) uncommon words: erupt & irrupt (burst out & burst in) uncommon words: eradicate & irradicate (pull up by the roots & root deeply) uncommon words: petalless & petalous (lacking petals & having petals) uncommon words: reckless & wreckless (careless & careful) -- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com