English homophones

Larsen/Larson/Larsson

"Larson" (#18,355 written frequency) beats "Larsen" (#23,888) in this 3-word /ˈlɑː.sən/ cluster. Size rank #30 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Frequency splits the cluster

These 3 spellings keep the same /ˈlɑː.sən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Larson" leads at #18,355, with "Larsen" trailing at #23,888.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "lars" then splits - "Larsen" (6 letters) vs "Larson" (6).
Shared stem "lars" then splits - "Larsen" (6 letters) vs "Larsson" (7).
Shared stem "lars" then splits - "Larson" (6 letters) vs "Larsson" (7).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Larsen, Larson, Larsson: alnrs. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

Larsen
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aelnrs · private e
Larson
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory alnors · private o
Larsson
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVC
Inventory alnors · private o

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "Larsen" when you mean: A surname from Norwegian [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
Write "Larson" when you mean: A surname transferred from the given name.
Write "Larsson" when you mean: A surname from Swedish.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

Larsen ← alrsen · laresn · larrsen · larsenn · larsne · larssen
Larson ← alrson · larosn · larrson · larsno · larsonn · lasron
Larsson ← alrsson · larrsson · larsosn · larssno · larssonn · lasrson

Each spelling

Larsen

name · /ˈlɑː.sən/ · #23,888 frequency

A surname from Norwegian [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.

Larson

name · /ˈlɑː.sən/ · #18,355 frequency

A surname transferred from the given name.

Larsson

name · /ˈlɑː.sən/ · #27,899 frequency

A surname from Swedish.

Nearby English homophone groups

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"Larson" is the most frequent headword in this 3-spelling cluster (rank #18,355 in English). Full entry
Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 3 spellings ranks #30 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
Explore a nearby 3-spelling cluster: lava · larva · laver. Nearby cluster
Each spelling in "Larsen, Larson, Larsson" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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