English homophones

oui/we/wee/Wii

"oui" is an intj; "we" is a pronoun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #5 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "oui" arrives as an intj, while "we" is a pronoun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

No shared spelling stem: "oui" is 3 letters, "we" is 2; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "oui" is 3 letters, "wee" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "oui" is 3 letters, "Wii" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "we" then splits - "we" (2 letters) vs "wee" (3).
No shared spelling stem: "we" is 2 letters, "Wii" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "wee" is 3 letters, "Wii" is 3; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across oui, we, wee, Wii: none. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

oui
3 letters · 3 vowels · shape VVV
Inventory iou · private iou
we
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory ew · private ew
wee
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory ew · private ew
Wii
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory iw · private iw

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "oui" when you mean: Synonym of yes.
Write "we" when you mean: Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
Write "wee" when you mean: Small, little.
Write "Wii" when you mean: A video game system released worldwide by Nintendo in 2006, noted for its unique motion-based control system.

Each spelling

oui

intj · /wiː/ · #44,386 frequency

Synonym of yes.

pronoun · /wiː/ · #29 frequency

Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).

wee

adjective · /wiː/ · #8,744 frequency

Small, little.

Wii

noun · /wiː/ · #11,640 frequency

A video game system released worldwide by Nintendo in 2006, noted for its unique motion-based control system.

Nearby English homophone groups

What to do next

You've reviewed the 4-spelling cluster (oui, we, wee, Wii). Here's where to go from here.

"we" is the most frequent headword in this 4-spelling cluster (rank #29 in English). Full entry
Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 4 spellings ranks #5 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
Explore a nearby 4-spelling cluster: y · wai · wy · wye. Nearby cluster
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