English homophones
Denis/Dennis
"Dennis" (#6,042 written frequency) beats "Denis" (#12,575) in this 2-word /ˈdɛnɪs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdɛnɪs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Dennis" leads at #6,042, with "Denis" trailing at #12,575.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "den" then splits - "Denis" (5 letters) vs "Dennis" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Denis, Dennis: deins. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Denis
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory deins · no private letters vs siblings
Dennis
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory deins · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Denis" when you mean: A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
- Write "Dennis" when you mean: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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 (Denis, Dennis). Here's where to go from here.
- "Dennis" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,042 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: del · dell. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Denis, Dennis" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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