English homophones

gel/jell

"gel" (#9,046 written frequency) beats "jell" (#46,006) in this 2-word /d͡ʒɛl/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /d͡ʒɛl/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "gel" leads at #9,046, with "jell" trailing at #46,006.

No shared spelling stem: "gel" is 3 letters, "jell" is 4; only the sound ties them.

Shared letters across gel, jell: el. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

Write "gel" when you mean: A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
Write "jell" when you mean: Synonym of jelly or gel.

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

noun · /d͡ʒɛl/ · #9,046 frequency

A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.

noun · /d͡ʒɛl/ · #46,006 frequency

Synonym of jelly or gel.

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"gel" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #9,046 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
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Each spelling in "gel, jell" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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