---
id: "homograph-attack"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "homograph attack"
language: "en"
category: "Security and abuse"
updated: "2026-10-08T09:46:44Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/homograph-attack/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/ataque-homografico/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/homograph-angriff/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/attaque-homographique/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/attacco-omografico/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/ataque-homografico/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/omograficheskaya-ataka/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/tongxingzi-gongji/"
---

# homograph attack

A trick that uses characters that look alike, often from different scripts such as Latin and Cyrillic, to make a fake domain look like a real one. It is used in phishing. Registry rules for IDNs and browser display rules help limit it.

## related terms

- [IDN](https://tldlog.com/glossary/idn/)
- [Punycode](https://tldlog.com/glossary/punycode/)
- [phishing](https://tldlog.com/glossary/phishing/)
- [typosquatting](https://tldlog.com/glossary/typosquatting/)