English homophones
pros/prose
"pros" (#8,713 written frequency) beats "prose" (#10,913) in this 2-word /pɹəʊz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /pɹəʊz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "pros" leads at #8,713, with "prose" trailing at #10,913.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "pros" then splits - "pros" (4 letters) vs "prose" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across pros, prose: oprs. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
pros
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVC
Inventory oprs · no private letters vs siblings
prose
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCV
Inventory eoprs · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "pros" when you mean: plural of pro
- Write "prose" when you mean: Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
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 (pros, prose). Here's where to go from here.
- "pros" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #8,713 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: pour · paw. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "pros, prose" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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