English homophones
lah/lar
"lar" (#40,323 written frequency) beats "lah" (#44,894) in this 2-word /lɑː/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /lɑː/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "lar" leads at #40,323, with "lah" trailing at #44,894.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "lah" keeps h, "lar" writes r at letter 3.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across lah, lar: al. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
lah
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ahl · private h
lar
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory alr · private r
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "lah" when you mean: Alternative spelling of la.
- Write "lar" when you mean: singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (lah, lar). Here's where to go from here.
- "lar" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #40,323 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: loose · luce. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "lah, lar" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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