English homophones
blocks/blocs
"blocks" (#3,410 written frequency) beats "blocs" (#42,549) in this 2-word /blɑks/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /blɑks/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "blocks" leads at #3,410, with "blocs" trailing at #42,549.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "bloc" then splits - "blocks" (6 letters) vs "blocs" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across blocks, blocs: bclos. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
blocks
6 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCCC
Inventory bcklos · private k
blocs
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory bclos · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "blocks" when you mean: plural of block
- Write "blocs" when you mean: plural of bloc
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 (blocks, blocs). Here's where to go from here.
- "blocks" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,410 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: been · bin. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "blocks, blocs" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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