English homophones

gray/grey

"grey" (#3,105 written frequency) beats "gray" (#3,304) in this 2-word /ɡɹeɪ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ɡɹeɪ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "grey" leads at #3,105, with "gray" trailing at #3,304.

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

Write "gray" when you mean: Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
Write "grey" when you mean: Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

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adjective · /ɡɹeɪ/ · #3,304 frequency

Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

adjective · /ɡɹeɪ/ · #3,105 frequency

Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

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"grey" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,105 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 "gray, grey" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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