English homophones
hon/hun
"hon" (#8,436 written frequency) beats "hun" (#17,634) in this 2-word /hʌn/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /hʌn/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "hon" leads at #8,436, with "hun" trailing at #17,634.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "hon" is 3 letters, "hun" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across hon, hun: hn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
hon
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory hno · private o
hun
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory hnu · private u
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "hon" when you mean: A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart
- Write "hun" when you mean: Alternative spelling of hon (“affectionate abbreviation of honey”).
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (hon, hun). Here's where to go from here.
- "hon" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #8,436 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: humor · humour. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "hon, hun" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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