English homophones
guise/guys
"guys" (#373 written frequency) beats "guise" (#15,625) in this 2-word /ˈɡaɪz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈɡaɪz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "guys" leads at #373, with "guise" trailing at #15,625.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "gu" then splits - "guise" (5 letters) vs "guys" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across guise, guys: gsu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
guise
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory egisu · private ei
guys
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory gsuy · private y
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "guise" when you mean: A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that i…
- Write "guys" when you mean: plural of guy
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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- "guys" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #373 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: gays · gaze. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "guise, guys" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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