English homophones
archaeology/archeology
"archaeology" (#13,461 written frequency) beats "archeology" (#38,288) in this 2-word /ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "archaeology" leads at #13,461, with "archeology" trailing at #38,288.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "arch" then splits - "archaeology" (11 letters) vs "archeology" (10).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across archaeology, archeology: aceghlory. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
archaeology
11 letters · 6 vowels · shape VCCCVVVCVCV
Inventory aceghlory · no private letters vs siblings
archeology
10 letters · 5 vowels · shape VCCCVVCVCV
Inventory aceghlory · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "archaeology" when you mean: The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
- Write "archeology" when you mean: Uncommon spelling of archaeology.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- archaeology ← acrhaeology · arcaheology · arcchaeology · archaeloogy · archaeolgoy · archaeollogy
- archeology ← acrheology · arccheology · arcehology · archeloogy · archeolgoy · archeollogy
Each spelling
noun · /ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ · #13,461 frequency
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (archaeology, archeology). Here's where to go from here.
- "archaeology" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #13,461 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: arc · ark. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "archaeology, archeology" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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