Español homophones

pes/pez

"pez" (#5,028 written frequency) beats "pes" (#20,161) in this 2-word /ˈpeːs/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈpeːs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "pez" leads at #5,028, with "pes" trailing at #20,161.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Single-letter fork: "pes" keeps s, "pez" writes z at letter 3.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across pes, pez: ep. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • pes

    3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC

    Inventory eps · private s

  • pez

    3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC

    Inventory epz · private z

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "pes" when you mean: Pie.
  • Write "pez" when you mean: Cualquiera de unas 30 000 especies de animales vertebrados, caracterizados por ser los únicos adaptados a respirar agua durante todo su c…

Each spelling

pes

noun · /ˈpeːs/ · #20,161 frequency

Pie.

pez

noun · /ˈpes/ · #5,028 frequency

Cualquiera de unas 30 000 especies de animales vertebrados, caracterizados por ser los únicos adaptados a respirar agua durante todo su ciclo vital. Forman un grupo sin rigor taxonómico que comprende varios grupos evolutivos diferentes, que sólo tienen en común su adaptación al medio acuático.

Nearby Spanish homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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