Español homophones
bai/bei/buy
"bai" is an adverb; "bei" is a preposition - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "bai" arrives as an adverb, while "bei" is a preposition. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "bai" is 3 letters, "bei" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "bai" is 3 letters, "buy" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "bei" is 3 letters, "buy" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across bai, bei, buy: b. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
bai
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory abi · private ai
bei
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory bei · private ei
buy
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory buy · private uy
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "bai" when you mean: Sí. (afirmación)
- Write "bei" when you mean: Cerca de, junto a.
- Write "buy" when you mean: Comprar.