English homophones
marvellous/marvelous
"marvelous" (#14,365 written frequency) beats "marvellous" (#17,182) in this 2-word /ˈmɑːvələs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmɑːvələs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "marvelous" leads at #14,365, with "marvellous" trailing at #17,182.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "marvel" then splits - "marvellous" (10 letters) vs "marvelous" (9).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across marvellous, marvelous: aelmorsuv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
marvellous
10 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Inventory aelmorsuv · no private letters vs siblings
marvelous
9 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVCCVCVVC
Inventory aelmorsuv · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "marvellous" when you mean: Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
- Write "marvelous" when you mean: Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- marvellous ← amrvellous · marevllous · marrvellous · marvellosu · marvellouss · marvelluos
- marvelous ← amrvelous · marevlous · marrvelous · marvelosu · marvelouss · marveluos
Each spelling
adjective · /ˈmɑːvələs/ · #17,182 frequency
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
adjective · /ˈmɑːvələs/ · #14,365 frequency
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (marvellous, marvelous). Here's where to go from here.
- "marvelous" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #14,365 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: Monterey · Monterrey. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "marvellous, marvelous" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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