English homophones
bloc/block
"block" (#1,386 written frequency) beats "bloc" (#12,922) in this 2-word /blɒk/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /blɒk/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "block" leads at #1,386, with "bloc" trailing at #12,922.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "bloc" then splits - "bloc" (4 letters) vs "block" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across bloc, block: bclo. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
bloc
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVC
Inventory bclo · no private letters vs siblings
block
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory bcklo · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "bloc" when you mean: A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
- Write "block" when you mean: A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (bloc, block). Here's where to go from here.
- "block" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #1,386 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: birth · berth. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "bloc, block" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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