English homophones
calmer/kama
"calmer" (#27,082 written frequency) beats "kama" (#38,459) in this 2-word /ˈkɑːmə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈkɑːmə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "calmer" leads at #27,082, with "kama" trailing at #38,459.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "calmer" is 6 letters, "kama" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across calmer, kama: am. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
calmer
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory acelmr · private celr
kama
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory akm · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "calmer" when you mean: A person or thing that calms.
- Write "kama" when you mean: A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
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 (calmer, kama). Here's where to go from here.
- "calmer" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #27,082 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: serial · cereal. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "calmer, kama" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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