Español homophones

soi/soy

"soy" (#134 written frequency) beats "soi" (#38,396) in this 2-word /ˈsoj/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈsoj/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "soy" leads at #134, with "soi" trailing at #38,396.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Single-letter fork: "soi" keeps i, "soy" writes y at letter 3.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • soi

    3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV

    Inventory ios · private i

  • soy

    3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV

    Inventory osy · private y

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "soi" when you mean: Segunda persona singular informal en el voseo chileno (vos) del presente de indicativo del verbo ser.
  • Write "soy" when you mean: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de ser.

Each spelling

soi

verb · /ˈsoj/ · #38,396 frequency

Segunda persona singular informal en el voseo chileno (vos) del presente de indicativo del verbo ser.

soy

verb · /ˈsoj/ · #134 frequency

Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de ser.

Nearby Spanish homophone groups

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

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