English homophones
Andrei/André
2 "Andrei, André" spellings share pronunciation /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Meaning separates the spellings
Andrei, André are held together only by pronunciation /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/. 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
- Shared stem "andr" then splits - "Andrei" (6 letters) vs "André" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Andrei, André: adnr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Andrei
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape VCCCVV
Inventory adeinr · private ei
André
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCCV
Inventory adnré · private é
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Andrei" when you mean: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Андре́й (Andréj), equivalent to Andrew.
- Write "André" when you mean: A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Andrei ← adnrei · anddrei · anderi · andrie · andrrei · anndrei
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (Andrei, André). Here's where to go from here.
- "Andrei" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #21,437 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: are · or. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Andrei, André" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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