English homophones
Lewes/Lewis
"Lewis" (#3,112 written frequency) beats "Lewes" (#34,958) in this 2-word /ˈluː.ɪs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈluː.ɪs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Lewis" leads at #3,112, with "Lewes" trailing at #34,958.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "lew" then splits - "Lewes" (5 letters) vs "Lewis" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Lewes, Lewis: elsw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Lewes
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory elsw · no private letters vs siblings
Lewis
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory eilsw · private i
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Lewes" when you mean: A surname.
- Write "Lewis" when you mean: A male given name from Frankish.
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
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (Lewes, Lewis). Here's where to go from here.
- "Lewis" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,112 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: lai · lye. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Lewes, Lewis" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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