English homophones
Hendricks/Hendrix
"Hendrix" (#18,575 written frequency) beats "Hendricks" (#23,296) in this 2-word /ˈhɛn.dɹɪks/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈhɛn.dɹɪks/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Hendrix" leads at #18,575, with "Hendricks" trailing at #23,296.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "hendri" then splits - "Hendricks" (9 letters) vs "Hendrix" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Hendricks, Hendrix: dehinr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Hendricks
9 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVCCC
Inventory cdehiknrs · private cks
Hendrix
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVC
Inventory dehinrx · private x
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Hendricks" when you mean: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Write "Hendrix" when you mean: A surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Hendricks.
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 (Hendricks, Hendrix). Here's where to go from here.
- "Hendrix" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #18,575 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: hall · haul. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Hendricks, Hendrix" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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