English homophones
boars/bores
"bores" (#35,207 written frequency) beats "boars" (#39,710) in this 2-word /bɔɹz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /bɔɹz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "bores" leads at #35,207, with "boars" trailing at #39,710.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "bo" then splits - "boars" (5 letters) vs "bores" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across boars, bores: bors. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
boars
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC
Inventory abors · private a
bores
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory beors · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "boars" when you mean: plural of boar
- Write "bores" when you mean: plural of bore
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 (boars, bores). Here's where to go from here.
- "bores" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #35,207 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: brag · Bragg. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "boars, bores" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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