soundalike

noun

1. A sound that audibly resembles another.

   “See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement...”

   “In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings...”

2. A sound that audibly resembles another.

   “Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names].”

   “Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike.”