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soundalike en · NOUN

Etymology

From sound + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.

Meanings

1. A sound that audibly resembles another. ▸ A music recording with this trait. (Often distinguished from plagiarism by themes of covering, pastiche (tribute), or parody, but sometimes inviting copyright disputes).
   • See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement... 1994, Thomas J Smedinghoff, The Software Publishers Association Legal Guide to Multimedia:
   • In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings... 2007, M William Krasilovsky, Sidney Shemel, John M Gross, Jonathan Feinstein, This Business of Music:
2. A sound that audibly resembles another. ▸ A word that is either homophonous or sounds similar enough to another that confusion of the two is known to happen.
   • Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike. 2003, Nick Nicholas, George Baloglou, An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds: Translation and Commentary:
   • Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names].

Forms

Coordinates

lookalike · lookalike