English homophones
cymbal/symbol
"symbol" (#4,274 written frequency) beats "cymbal" (#47,558) in this 2-word /ˈsɪmbəl/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈsɪmbəl/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "symbol" leads at #4,274, with "cymbal" trailing at #47,558.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "cymbal" is 6 letters, "symbol" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across cymbal, symbol: blmy. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
cymbal
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory abclmy · private ac
symbol
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory blmosy · private os
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "cymbal" when you mean: A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking …
- Write "symbol" when you mean: A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
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
noun · /ˈsɪmbəl/ · #47,558 frequency
A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
noun · /ˈsɪmbəl/ · #4,274 frequency
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (cymbal, symbol). Here's where to go from here.
- "symbol" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,274 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: Columbia · Colombia. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "cymbal, symbol" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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