English homophones
Philip/Phillip
"Philip" (#4,473 written frequency) beats "Phillip" (#9,790) in this 2-word /ˈfɪlɪp/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈfɪlɪp/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Philip" leads at #4,473, with "Phillip" trailing at #9,790.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "phil" then splits - "Philip" (6 letters) vs "Phillip" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Philip, Phillip: hilp. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Philip
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVC
Inventory hilp · no private letters vs siblings
Phillip
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVC
Inventory hilp · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Philip" when you mean: One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.
- Write "Phillip" when you mean: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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 (Philip, Phillip). Here's where to go from here.
- "Philip" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,473 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: pale · pail. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Philip, Phillip" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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