English homophones
Simms/Sims
"Sims" (#9,958 written frequency) beats "Simms" (#27,284) in this 2-word /sɪmz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /sɪmz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Sims" leads at #9,958, with "Simms" trailing at #27,284.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "sim" then splits - "Simms" (5 letters) vs "Sims" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Simms, Sims: ims. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Simms
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory ims · no private letters vs siblings
Sims
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory ims · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Simms" when you mean: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Write "Sims" when you mean: A surname transferred from the given name.
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 (Simms, Sims). Here's where to go from here.
- "Sims" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #9,958 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: seems · seams. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Simms, Sims" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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