English homophones
Denison/Dennison
"Denison" (#38,360 written frequency) beats "Dennison" (#47,573) in this 2-word /ˈdɛnɪsən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈdɛnɪsən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Denison" leads at #38,360, with "Dennison" trailing at #47,573.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "den" then splits - "Denison" (7 letters) vs "Dennison" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Denison, Dennison: deinos. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Denison
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVCVC
Inventory deinos · no private letters vs siblings
Dennison
8 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVCVC
Inventory deinos · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Denison" when you mean: A surname.
- Write "Dennison" when you mean: A surname originating as a patronymic.
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 (Denison, Dennison). Here's where to go from here.
- "Denison" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #38,360 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: Delhi · deli. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Denison, Dennison" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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