English homophones
fortnight/fortnite
"fortnight" (#16,920 written frequency) beats "fortnite" (#19,842) in this 2-word /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "fortnight" leads at #16,920, with "fortnite" trailing at #19,842.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "fortni" then splits - "fortnight" (9 letters) vs "fortnite" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across fortnight, fortnite: finort. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
fortnight
9 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVCCC
Inventory fghinort · private gh
fortnite
8 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCCVCV
Inventory efinort · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "fortnight" when you mean: A period of 2 weeks.
- Write "fortnite" when you mean: Obsolete form of fortnight.
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
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- "fortnight" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #16,920 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: Freddie · Freddy. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "fortnight, fortnite" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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