English homophones

interface/interfaces

"interface" (#5,887 written frequency) beats "interfaces" (#15,635) in this 2-word /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "interface" leads at #5,887, with "interfaces" trailing at #15,635.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "interface" then splits - "interface" (9 letters) vs "interfaces" (10).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • interface

    9 letters · 4 vowels · shape VCCVCCVCV

    Inventory acefinrt · no private letters vs siblings

  • interfaces

    10 letters · 4 vowels · shape VCCVCCVCVC

    Inventory acefinrst · private s

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "interface" when you mean: The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
  • Write "interfaces" when you mean: plural of interface

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • interfaceinetrface · innterface · intefrace · interafce · interfacce · interfaec
  • interfacesinetrfaces · innterfaces · intefraces · interafces · interfacces · interfacess

Each spelling

interface

noun · /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ · #5,887 frequency

The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

interfaces

noun · /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ · #15,635 frequency

plural of interface

Nearby English homophone groups

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  • "interface" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #5,887 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: it's · its. Nearby cluster
  • Each spelling in "interface, interfaces" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list