English homophones
Maya/mire
"Maya" (#8,690 written frequency) beats "mire" (#39,914) in this 2-word /ˈmaɪə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmaɪə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Maya" leads at #8,690, with "mire" trailing at #39,914.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Maya" is 4 letters, "mire" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Maya, mire: m. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Maya
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVV
Inventory amy · private ay
mire
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory eimr · private eir
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Maya" when you mean: A member or descendant of various peoples:
- Write "mire" when you mean: Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
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
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- "Maya" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #8,690 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: mole · mol. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Maya, mire" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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