English homophones
Davies/Davis
"Davis" (#3,052 written frequency) beats "Davies" (#7,905) in this 2-word /ˈdeɪvɪs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdeɪvɪs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Davis" leads at #3,052, with "Davies" trailing at #7,905.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "davi" then splits - "Davies" (6 letters) vs "Davis" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Davies, Davis: adisv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Davies
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory adeisv · private e
Davis
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory adisv · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Davies" when you mean: A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.
- Write "Davis" when you mean: A surname
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 (Davies, Davis). Here's where to go from here.
- "Davis" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,052 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: der · duh. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Davies, Davis" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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