The words clairvoyance, clairvoyants sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do clairvoyance, clairvoyants sound the same even though they are completely different words?
The answer is simple: clairvoyance, clairvoyants are homophones of the English language.
The supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.
Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness.
Plural form of clairvoyant.
Definitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition, from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License and Wordnik.
Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled.
If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally "different writing").