English homophones
troop/troupe
"troop" (#11,486 written frequency) beats "troupe" (#21,103) in this 2-word /tɹuːp/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /tɹuːp/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "troop" leads at #11,486, with "troupe" trailing at #21,103.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "tro" then splits - "troop" (5 letters) vs "troupe" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across troop, troupe: oprt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
troop
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVVC
Inventory oprt · no private letters vs siblings
troupe
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVVCV
Inventory eoprtu · private eu
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "troop" when you mean: A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- Write "troupe" when you mean: A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
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 (troop, troupe). Here's where to go from here.
- "troop" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #11,486 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: tour · tore. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "troop, troupe" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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