English homophones
minnow/mino
"minnow" (#46,069 written frequency) beats "mino" (#47,197) in this 2-word /ˈmɪnəʊ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmɪnəʊ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "minnow" leads at #46,069, with "mino" trailing at #47,197.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "min" then splits - "minnow" (6 letters) vs "mino" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across minnow, mino: imno. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
minnow
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory imnow · private w
mino
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory imno · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "minnow" when you mean: Any small fish.
- Write "mino" when you mean: A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.
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 (minnow, mino). Here's where to go from here.
- "minnow" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #46,069 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: McEwen · McEwan. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "minnow, mino" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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