Español homophones
bos/vos/voz
"bos" is a noun; "vos" is a pronoun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "bos" arrives as a noun, while "vos" is a pronoun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "bos" is 3 letters, "vos" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "bos" is 3 letters, "voz" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- Single-letter fork: "vos" keeps s, "voz" writes z at letter 3.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across bos, vos, voz: o. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
bos
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory bos · private bs
vos
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory osv · private sv
voz
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ovz · private vz
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "bos" when you mean: Animal bovino.
- Write "vos" when you mean: Pronombre personal formal y hoy arcaico de la segunda persona del singular y del plural; el paradigma verbal está plenamente asimilado al…
- Write "voz" when you mean: Sonido producido por las cuerdas vocales del hombre.
Each spelling
pronoun · /ˈbos/ · #493 frequency
Pronombre personal formal y hoy arcaico de la segunda persona del singular y del plural; el paradigma verbal está plenamente asimilado al de vosotros.