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.
- interface ← inetrface · innterface · intefrace · interafce · interfacce · interfaec
- interfaces ← inetrfaces · innterfaces · intefraces · interafces · interfacces · interfacess
Each spelling
noun · /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ · #5,887 frequency
The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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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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