English homophones
a's/aes
2 "a's, aes" spellings share pronunciation /ˈeɪz/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Meaning separates the spellings
a's, aes are held together only by pronunciation /ˈeɪz/. With no grammar or frequency gap large enough to tip the choice, read each definition before you commit a spelling.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "a's" is 3 letters, "aes" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across a's, aes: as. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
a's
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC
Inventory as · no private letters vs siblings
aes
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VVC
Inventory aes · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "a's" when you mean: plural of the letter a
- Write "aes" when you mean: plural of a, the name of the letter A.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (a's, aes). Here's where to go from here.
- "aes" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #28,806 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: aims · Ames. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "a's, aes" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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