English homophones

dammit/damnit

"dammit" (#11,676 written frequency) beats "damnit" (#26,389) in this 2-word /ˈdæmɪt/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdæmɪt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "dammit" leads at #11,676, with "damnit" trailing at #26,389.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "dam" then splits - "dammit" (6 letters) vs "damnit" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across dammit, damnit: adimt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • dammit

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory adimt · no private letters vs siblings

  • damnit

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory adimnt · private n

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "dammit" when you mean: Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
  • Write "damnit" when you mean: Synonym of dammit.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • dammitdamimt · dammitt · dammti · ddammit · dmamit
  • damnitadmnit · damint · dammnit · damnitt · damnnit · damnti

Each spelling

dammit

intj · /ˈdæmɪt/ · #11,676 frequency

Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

damnit

intj · /dæmɪt/ · #26,389 frequency

Synonym of dammit.

Nearby English homophone groups

What to do next

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  • "dammit" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #11,676 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: digs · Diggs. Nearby cluster
  • Each spelling in "dammit, damnit" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list