English homophones
Hilary/Hillary
"Hillary" (#4,308 written frequency) beats "Hilary" (#14,338) in this 2-word /ˈhɪləɹi/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈhɪləɹi/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Hillary" leads at #4,308, with "Hilary" trailing at #14,338.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "hil" then splits - "Hilary" (6 letters) vs "Hillary" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Hilary, Hillary: ahilry. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Hilary
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVCV
Inventory ahilry · no private letters vs siblings
Hillary
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVCV
Inventory ahilry · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Hilary" when you mean: A male given name from Latin.
- Write "Hillary" when you mean: A unisex given name from Latin.
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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- "Hillary" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,308 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: he'd · heed. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Hilary, Hillary" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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