English homophones
lorry/lowry
"lowry" (#18,359 written frequency) beats "lorry" (#22,143) in this 2-word /ˈlɒɹi/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈlɒɹi/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "lowry" leads at #18,359, with "lorry" trailing at #22,143.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "lo" then splits - "lorry" (5 letters) vs "lowry" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across lorry, lowry: lory. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
lorry
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory lory · no private letters vs siblings
lowry
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory lorwy · private w
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "lorry" when you mean: A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
- Write "lowry" when you mean: An open boxcar used on railroads.
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 (lorry, lowry). Here's where to go from here.
- "lowry" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #18,359 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: levy · levee. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "lorry, lowry" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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