homoglyph UK /ˈhəʊ.mə.ɡlɪf/US /ˈhoʊ.məˌɡlɪf/ noun1 •A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.The homoglyphs I (uppercase i) and l (lowercase L) confused many who typed in the URL. formshomoglyphs