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Is present when the words are very similar in appearance but have same sound such as daughter and laughter.?

The phenomenon you're describing is called homographs.

Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.

* Daughter and laughter are examples of homographs that are also homophones, meaning they sound the same.

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