horse-hoarse merger UK /hɔːs ˈhɔːs ˌmɜːdʒə/US /hoɹs ˈhoɹs ˌmɝdʒɚ/ noun1 •A phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war and wore, for and four, etc become homophones.
