English homophones
dialog/dialogue
"dialogue" (#4,367 written frequency) beats "dialog" (#15,799) in this 2-word /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "dialogue" leads at #4,367, with "dialog" trailing at #15,799.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "dialog" then splits - "dialog" (6 letters) vs "dialogue" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across dialog, dialogue: adgilo. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
dialog
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory adgilo · no private letters vs siblings
dialogue
8 letters · 5 vowels · shape CVVCVCVV
Inventory adegilou · private eu
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "dialog" when you mean: Uncommon spelling of dialogue.
- Write "dialogue" when you mean: A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
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 (dialog, dialogue). Here's where to go from here.
- "dialogue" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,367 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: Derek · derrick. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "dialog, dialogue" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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