English homophones
ana/anna
"anna" (#3,798 written frequency) beats "ana" (#8,386) in this 2-word /ˈæ.nə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈæ.nə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "anna" leads at #3,798, with "ana" trailing at #8,386.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "an" then splits - "ana" (3 letters) vs "anna" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across ana, anna: an. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
ana
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCV
Inventory an · no private letters vs siblings
anna
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCV
Inventory an · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "ana" when you mean: A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
- Write "anna" when you mean: A former Indian coin.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- anna ← anan
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (ana, anna). Here's where to go from here.
- "anna" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,798 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: air · ere. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "ana, anna" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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