English homophones
bach/batch
"batch" (#8,122 written frequency) beats "bach" (#14,274) in this 2-word /bæt͡ʃ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /bæt͡ʃ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "batch" leads at #8,122, with "bach" trailing at #14,274.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ba" then splits - "bach" (4 letters) vs "batch" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across bach, batch: abch. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
bach
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory abch · no private letters vs siblings
batch
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory abcht · private t
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "bach" when you mean: A bachelor.
- Write "batch" when you mean: The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
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 (bach, batch). Here's where to go from here.
- "batch" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #8,122 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: bear · bare. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "bach, batch" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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