English homophones
cig/sig
"sig" (#20,497 written frequency) beats "cig" (#34,828) in this 2-word /ˈsɪɡ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈsɪɡ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "sig" leads at #20,497, with "cig" trailing at #34,828.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "cig" is 3 letters, "sig" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across cig, sig: gi. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
cig
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory cgi · private c
sig
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory gis · private s
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "cig" when you mean: Cigarette.
- Write "sig" when you mean: A signature, especially one on emails or newsgroup postings.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (cig, sig). Here's where to go from here.
- "sig" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #20,497 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: Cali · kali. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "cig, sig" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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