English homophones

mask/mosque

"mask" (#4,251 written frequency) beats "mosque" (#8,458) in this 2-word /mɑːsk/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.

Data vintage 2026-09-03

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /mɑːsk/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "mask" leads at #4,251, with "mosque" trailing at #8,458.

No shared spelling stem: "mask" is 4 letters, "mosque" is 6; only the sound ties them.

Shared letters across mask, mosque: ms. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

Write "mask" when you mean: A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
Write "mosque" when you mean: A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

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

noun · /mɑːsk/ · #4,251 frequency

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

noun · /mɑsk/ · #8,458 frequency

A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

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"mask" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,251 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: moose · mousse. Nearby cluster
Each spelling in "mask, mosque" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry

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