English homophones
PAC/pack
"pack" (#2,224 written frequency) beats "PAC" (#7,954) in this 2-word /pæk/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /pæk/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "pack" leads at #2,224, with "PAC" trailing at #7,954.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "pac" then splits - "PAC" (3 letters) vs "pack" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across PAC, pack: acp. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
PAC
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory acp · no private letters vs siblings
pack
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory ackp · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "PAC" when you mean: Initialism of programmable automation controller.
- Write "pack" when you mean: A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- pack ← apck · pacck · packk · pakc · pcak · ppack
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (PAC, pack). Here's where to go from here.
- "pack" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #2,224 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: packed · pact. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "PAC, pack" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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