English homophones
parts/pots
"parts" (#911 written frequency) beats "pots" (#10,257) in this 2-word /pɑːts/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /pɑːts/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "parts" leads at #911, with "pots" trailing at #10,257.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "parts" is 5 letters, "pots" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across parts, pots: pst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
parts
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory aprst · private ar
pots
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory opst · private o
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "parts" when you mean: plural of part
- Write "pots" when you mean: plural of pot
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 (parts, pots). Here's where to go from here.
- "parts" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #911 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: people's · peoples. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "parts, pots" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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