English homophones
Nicholas/Nicolas
"Nicholas" (#6,815 written frequency) beats "Nicolas" (#12,646) in this 2-word /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Nicholas" leads at #6,815, with "Nicolas" trailing at #12,646.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "nic" then splits - "Nicholas" (8 letters) vs "Nicolas" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Nicholas, Nicolas: acilnos. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Nicholas
8 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVCVC
Inventory achilnos · private h
Nicolas
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVCVC
Inventory acilnos · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Nicholas" when you mean: A male given name from Ancient Greek, notably born by St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
- Write "Nicolas" when you mean: A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of less common usage, variant of Nicholas.
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
name · /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/ · #6,815 frequency
A male given name from Ancient Greek, notably born by St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
name · /ˈnɪ.kə.ləs/ · #12,646 frequency
A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of less common usage, variant of Nicholas.
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (Nicholas, Nicolas). Here's where to go from here.
- "Nicholas" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,815 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: none · nun. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "Nicholas, Nicolas" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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