English homophones
align/aline
"align" (#12,359 written frequency) beats "aline" (#48,052) in this 2-word /əˈlaɪn/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /əˈlaɪn/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "align" leads at #12,359, with "aline" trailing at #48,052.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ali" then splits - "align" (5 letters) vs "aline" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across align, aline: ailn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
align
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCVCC
Inventory agiln · private g
aline
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape VCVCV
Inventory aeiln · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "align" when you mean: To form a line; to fall into line.
- Write "aline" when you mean: Alternative form of align.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (align, aline). Here's where to go from here.
- "align" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #12,359 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: able · Abel. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "align, aline" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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