capitonym

English

Examples

May and may
Polish and polish
APA and apa
more: Appendix:English capitonyms

Etymology

From capital +‎ -onym.

Noun

capitonym (plural capitonyms)

  1. (linguistics) A case-sensitive word: a word that changes meaning (and in some instances pronunciation) when the letter case used to write it is changed: whether (usually) the casing of its initial letter or (in other instances) the casing of its other letters as well.
    Coordinate terms: heteronym; heterophone; homograph; homonym; homophone

Derived terms

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