English homophones
Mackey/Mackie
"Mackey" (#31,247 written frequency) beats "Mackie" (#31,643) in this 2-word /ˈmæki/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmæki/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Mackey" leads at #31,247, with "Mackie" trailing at #31,643.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mack" then splits - "Mackey" (6 letters) vs "Mackie" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Mackey, Mackie: acekm. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Mackey
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory acekmy · private y
Mackie
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory aceikm · private i
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Mackey" when you mean: A surname.
- Write "Mackie" when you mean: A surname.
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 (Mackey, Mackie). Here's where to go from here.
- "Mackey" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #31,247 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: McEwen · McEwan. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Mackey, Mackie" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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