English homophones
rec/wreck
"wreck" (#7,638 written frequency) beats "rec" (#12,666) in this 2-word /ɹɛk/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ɹɛk/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "wreck" leads at #7,638, with "rec" trailing at #12,666.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "rec" is 3 letters, "wreck" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across rec, wreck: cer. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
rec
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory cer · no private letters vs siblings
wreck
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory cekrw · private kw
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "rec" when you mean: Clipping of recreation.
- Write "wreck" when you mean: Something or someone that has been ruined.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- wreck ← rweck · werck · wrcek · wrecck · wreckk · wrekc
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (rec, wreck). Here's where to go from here.
- "wreck" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #7,638 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: rider · ryder. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "rec, wreck" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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