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What are the word records for different pronunciations, most?

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What are the word records for different pronunciations, most?
(Pronunciation / homographs (words spelled the same but pronounced differently))

[ 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: [1-107,151,2-146,4-8,63,11-217]

uncommon word: as (like; Roman coin; Persian card game; plural of a; Norse Aesir god) (5)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com