English homophones
Marseille/Marseilles
"Marseille" (#21,271 written frequency) beats "Marseilles" (#33,320) in this 2-word /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Marseille" leads at #21,271, with "Marseilles" trailing at #33,320.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "marseille" then splits - "Marseille" (9 letters) vs "Marseilles" (10).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Marseille, Marseilles: aeilmrs. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Marseille
9 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCCVVCCV
Inventory aeilmrs · no private letters vs siblings
Marseilles
10 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Inventory aeilmrs · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Marseille" when you mean: The capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
- Write "Marseilles" when you mean: Alternative spelling of Marseille: the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Al…
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Marseille ← amrseille · maresille · marrseille · marseile · marseilel · marselile
- Marseilles ← amrseilles · maresilles · marrseilles · marseilels · marseiles · marseilless
Each spelling
name · /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ · #21,271 frequency
The capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
name · /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ · #33,320 frequency
Alternative spelling of Marseille: the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "Marseille" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #21,271 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: mod · marred. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Marseille, Marseilles" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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