English homophones
defamation/deformation
"defamation" (#17,586 written frequency) beats "deformation" (#23,510) in this 2-word /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "defamation" leads at #17,586, with "deformation" trailing at #23,510.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "def" then splits - "defamation" (10 letters) vs "deformation" (11).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across defamation, deformation: adefimnot. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
defamation
10 letters · 5 vowels · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Inventory adefimnot · no private letters vs siblings
deformation
11 letters · 5 vowels · shape CVCVCCVCVVC
Inventory adefimnort · private r
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "defamation" when you mean: The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the g…
- Write "deformation" when you mean: The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- defamation ← ddefamation · deafmation · defaamtion · defamaiton · defamasion · defamatino
- deformation ← ddeformation · defformation · defomration · deforamtion · deformaiton · deformasion
Each spelling
noun · /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ · #17,586 frequency
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
noun · /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ · #23,510 frequency
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (defamation, deformation). Here's where to go from here.
- "defamation" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #17,586 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: dying · dyeing. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "defamation, deformation" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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