Which to use
“sites” is a noun and “Sykes” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,878
- “sites” frequency rank
- #19,982
- “Sykes” frequency rank
- 21860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sites | Sykes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of site | A hamlet in Bowland Forest High parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6351). |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sites and Sykes apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
sites and Sykes form a confusable pair in the English index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21860, 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/. Sykes is at rank #19,982, tagged as aname, pronounced /saɪks/.
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 21860, this pair ranks #420,827 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering sites vs Sykes
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “sites”; for a name, it's “Sykes”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “sites” entry
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