English homophones
labors/labours
"labors" (#36,637 written frequency) beats "labours" (#42,229) in this 2-word /ˈleɪbɚz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈleɪbɚz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "labors" leads at #36,637, with "labours" trailing at #42,229.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "labo" then splits - "labors" (6 letters) vs "labours" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across labors, labours: ablors. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
labors
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVCC
Inventory ablors · no private letters vs siblings
labours
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVCC
Inventory ablorsu · private u
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "labors" when you mean: plural of labor
- Write "labours" when you mean: plural of labour
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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- "labors" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #36,637 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: loose · luce. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "labors, labours" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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