English homophones
fisher/fissure
"fisher" (#6,905 written frequency) beats "fissure" (#36,143) in this 2-word /ˈfɪʃə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈfɪʃə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "fisher" leads at #6,905, with "fissure" trailing at #36,143.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "fis" then splits - "fisher" (6 letters) vs "fissure" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across fisher, fissure: efirs. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
fisher
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory efhirs · private h
fissure
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVCV
Inventory efirsu · private u
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "fisher" when you mean: A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
- Write "fissure" when you mean: A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
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 (fisher, fissure). Here's where to go from here.
- "fisher" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,905 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: flee · flea. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "fisher, fissure" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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