Which to use
“sites” is a noun and “Spires” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,878
- “sites” frequency rank
- #38,174
- “Spires” frequency rank
- 40052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sites | Spires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of site | A surname. |
Letter map: sites vs Spires
Shared letters muted; letters that set sites and Spires apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. sites runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Spires's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: sites vs Spires
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sites is anoun and Spiresaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sites is recorded at frequency rank #1,878, classified as anoun, pronounced /saɪts/. Spires is at rank #38,174, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40052, this pair ranks #271,114 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sites vs Spires
Shared letters: eis. Private to "sites": t. Private to "Spires": pr.
"sites" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Spires" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sites" and "Spires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "sites" or "Spires" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "sites" and "Spires". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Spires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,114 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sites" and "Spires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "snipes vs Spires". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #271,114 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.