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These three words are pronounced the same, but do they also have the same
meaning?

  1. そーじ
  2. ソージ
  3. 掃除
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Do these three words have the same meaning?「そーじ 」、「ソージ 」、「掃除」
In terms of pronunciation, these could all be read as the same word. Though
instead of writing そーじ one generally would write そうじ.

But in terms of meaning, my dictionary lists eight different entries for そうじ
only one of which is 掃除.

Context matters in Japanese. Some of these _homophones_ are very technical.
Such as 僧寺 or 奏事 and quite a few others are listed that I can't get my
computer to easily render. (I put _homophones_ in italics because I'm a
nonnative speaker and I'm unsure of the pitch accent of these words, but since
pitch accent is not apparent in hiragana that's perhaps not a detraction.)

Context will determine these things. If you say,

> うちのそうじ

you most likely will be understood to be saying

> うちの掃除

and not one of the other several homophones.

You might want to look at this
[link](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1930/4875) to understand better
how/why hiragana, katakana, or kanji are used in various siutations.
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