English homophones

law/lore

"law" (#329 written frequency) beats "lore" (#13,950) in this 2-word /lɔː/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /lɔː/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "law" leads at #329, with "lore" trailing at #13,950.

No shared spelling stem: "law" is 3 letters, "lore" is 4; only the sound ties them.

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

Write "law" when you mean: The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
Write "lore" when you mean: All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

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

noun · /lɔː/ · #329 frequency

The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

noun · /lɔː/ · #13,950 frequency

All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

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"law" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #329 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: lean · lien. Nearby cluster
Each spelling in "law, lore" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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