English homophones
Megan/Meghan
"Megan" (#9,781 written frequency) beats "Meghan" (#21,280) in this 2-word /ˈmɛɡən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmɛɡən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Megan" leads at #9,781, with "Meghan" trailing at #21,280.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "meg" then splits - "Megan" (5 letters) vs "Meghan" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Megan, Meghan: aegmn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Megan
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory aegmn · no private letters vs siblings
Meghan
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aeghmn · private h
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Megan" when you mean: A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Welsh.
- Write "Meghan" when you mean: A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
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 (Megan, Meghan). Here's where to go from here.
- "Megan" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #9,781 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: meager · meagre. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Megan, Meghan" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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