English homophones
favors/favours
"favors" (#10,546 written frequency) beats "favours" (#19,084) in this 2-word /ˈfeɪvɚz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈfeɪvɚz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "favors" leads at #10,546, with "favours" trailing at #19,084.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "favo" then splits - "favors" (6 letters) vs "favours" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across favors, favours: aforsv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
favors
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVCC
Inventory aforsv · no private letters vs siblings
favours
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVCC
Inventory aforsuv · private u
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "favors" when you mean: plural of favor
- Write "favours" when you mean: plural of favour
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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- "favors" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #10,546 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: feel · fil. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "favors, favours" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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