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“Spier” or “Spire”

spier / spire are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

spier s·p·AY·er

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

spire s·p·AY·r

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“spier”

  • sold the property to Robert Spier's widow, Margaret Gibson Spier.
  • 1904 by the Detroit firm Spier & Rohns.
  • (2002) Computers and Society, in: Spier, R.E., (editor), Science and Technology
  • designed by the architectural firm Spier and Rohns, built in 1904

“spire”

  • long, or longer, than the spire, fortified externally by a stout
  • the Totem Pole, a rock spire with an diameter.
  • form a smooth, depressed helicoid spire, which is obliquely three-fifths immersed
  • fusiform shell has an acute spire.
  • large dormer windows and a spire to the central section.
  • seven whorls of the short spire are compressed, slightly shouldered by
  • It has a "recessed octagonal spire with crocketed arrises and pinnacled
  • Pitou, Spire (1985), The Paris Opéra.
  • whorl is shorter than the spire.
  • shaped sails on the 78-meter spire titanium was depicted on the

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