English homophones
Roi/Roy
"Roy" (#4,708 written frequency) beats "Roi" (#17,465) in this 2-word /ˈɹɔɪ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈɹɔɪ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Roy" leads at #4,708, with "Roi" trailing at #17,465.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "Roi" keeps i, "Roy" writes y at letter 3.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Roi, Roy: or. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Roi
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory ior · private i
Roy
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory ory · private y
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Roi" when you mean: Roi islet, Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands.
- Write "Roy" when you mean: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (Roi, Roy). Here's where to go from here.
- "Roy" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,708 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: rough · ruff. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Roi, Roy" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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