English homophones
profits/prophets
"profits" (#3,900 written frequency) beats "prophets" (#14,193) in this 2-word /ˈpɹɑfɪts/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈpɹɑfɪts/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "profits" leads at #3,900, with "prophets" trailing at #14,193.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "pro" then splits - "profits" (7 letters) vs "prophets" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across profits, prophets: oprst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
profits
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVCC
Inventory fioprst · private fi
prophets
8 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVCC
Inventory ehoprst · private eh
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "profits" when you mean: plural of profit
- Write "prophets" when you mean: plural of prophet
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
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- "profits" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,900 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: parts · pots. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "profits, prophets" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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