English homophones
days/daze
"days" (#218 written frequency) beats "daze" (#33,197) in this 2-word /ˈdeɪz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdeɪz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "days" leads at #218, with "daze" trailing at #33,197.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "da" then splits - "days" (4 letters) vs "daze" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across days, daze: ad. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
days
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory adsy · private sy
daze
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory adez · private ez
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "days" when you mean: plural of day
- Write "daze" when you mean: The state of being dazed
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
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- "days" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #218 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: duct · ducked. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "days, daze" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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