English homophones
marten/martin
"martin" (#1,870 written frequency) beats "marten" (#43,775) in this 2-word /ˈmɑː.tɪn/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmɑː.tɪn/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "martin" leads at #1,870, with "marten" trailing at #43,775.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mart" then splits - "marten" (6 letters) vs "martin" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across marten, martin: amnrt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
marten
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aemnrt · private e
martin
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aimnrt · private i
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "marten" when you mean: Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.
- Write "martin" when you mean: Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
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 (marten, martin). Here's where to go from here.
- "martin" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #1,870 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: McKinnon · MacKinnon. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "marten, martin" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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