English homophones

Lexi/Lexie

"Lexi" (#27,541 written frequency) beats "Lexie" (#39,897) in this 2-word /ˈlɛksi/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈlɛksi/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Lexi" leads at #27,541, with "Lexie" trailing at #39,897.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "lexi" then splits - "Lexi" (4 letters) vs "Lexie" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Lexi

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV

    Inventory eilx · no private letters vs siblings

  • Lexie

    5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV

    Inventory eilx · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Lexi" when you mean: A diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, or Alexis, from Ancient Greek.
  • Write "Lexie" when you mean: A female nickname, diminutive of the given names Alexis, Alexia, Alexandra or Alexandria.

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Lexielxi · leix · lexxi · llexi · lxei
  • Lexieelxie · leixe · lexei · lexxie · llexie · lxeie

Each spelling

Lexi

name · /ˈlɛksi/ · #27,541 frequency

A diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, or Alexis, from Ancient Greek.

Lexie

name · /ˈlɛksi/ · #39,897 frequency

A female nickname, diminutive of the given names Alexis, Alexia, Alexandra or Alexandria.

Nearby English homophone groups

What to do next

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  • "Lexi" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #27,541 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: lull · lul. Nearby cluster
  • Each spelling in "Lexi, Lexie" 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