English homophones
aam/alm/arm
"arm" (#1,887 written frequency) beats "aam" (#37,305) in this 3-word /ɑːm/ cluster. Size rank #30 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 3 spellings keep the same /ɑːm/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "arm" leads at #1,887, with "aam" trailing at #37,305.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "aam" is 3 letters, "alm" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "aam" is 3 letters, "arm" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "alm" is 3 letters, "arm" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across aam, alm, arm: am. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
aam
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VVC
Inventory am · no private letters vs siblings
alm
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape VCC
Inventory alm · private l
arm
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape VCC
Inventory amr · private r
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "aam" when you mean: A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gall…
- Write "alm" when you mean: Something given to the poor as charity: a singular gift of alms.
- Write "arm" when you mean: The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
Each spelling
noun · /ɑːm/ · #37,305 frequency
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼.
noun · /ɑːm/ · #1,887 frequency
The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 3-spelling cluster (aam, alm, arm). Here's where to go from here.
- "arm" is the most frequent headword in this 3-spelling cluster (rank #1,887 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 3 spellings ranks #30 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 3-spelling cluster: i · eye · ay. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "aam, alm, arm" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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