English homophones
fulfil/fulfill
"fulfill" (#8,794 written frequency) beats "fulfil" (#13,919) in this 2-word /fʊlˈfɪl/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /fʊlˈfɪl/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "fulfill" leads at #8,794, with "fulfil" trailing at #13,919.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "fulfil" then splits - "fulfil" (6 letters) vs "fulfill" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across fulfil, fulfill: filu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
fulfil
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory filu · no private letters vs siblings
fulfill
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVCC
Inventory filu · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "fulfil" when you mean: British standard spelling of fulfill.
- Write "fulfill" when you mean: To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
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 (fulfil, fulfill). Here's where to go from here.
- "fulfill" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #8,794 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: faux · foe. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "fulfil, fulfill" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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