English homophones
Finns/fins
"fins" (#18,079 written frequency) beats "Finns" (#33,649) in this 2-word /fɪnz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /fɪnz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "fins" leads at #18,079, with "Finns" trailing at #33,649.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "fin" then splits - "Finns" (5 letters) vs "fins" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Finns, fins: fins. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Finns
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory fins · no private letters vs siblings
fins
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory fins · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Finns" when you mean: plural of Finn
- Write "fins" when you mean: plural of fin
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 (Finns, fins). Here's where to go from here.
- "fins" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #18,079 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: Faroe · faro. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Finns, fins" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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