English homophones
Corey/Cory
"Corey" (#11,190 written frequency) beats "Cory" (#13,892) in this 2-word /ˈkɔː.ɹi/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈkɔː.ɹi/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Corey" leads at #11,190, with "Cory" trailing at #13,892.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "cor" then splits - "Corey" (5 letters) vs "Cory" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Corey, Cory: cory. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Corey
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory ceory · private e
Cory
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory cory · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Corey" when you mean: An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, comp…
- Write "Cory" when you mean: An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
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
name · /ˈkɔː.ɹi/ · #11,190 frequency
An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (Corey, Cory). Here's where to go from here.
- "Corey" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #11,190 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: Carlton · Carleton. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Corey, Cory" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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