English homophones
thicc/thick
"thick" (#3,265 written frequency) beats "thicc" (#43,959) in this 2-word /θɪk/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /θɪk/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "thick" leads at #3,265, with "thicc" trailing at #43,959.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "thicc" keeps c, "thick" writes k at letter 5.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across thicc, thick: chit. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
thicc
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory chit · no private letters vs siblings
thick
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory chikt · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "thicc" when you mean: Alternative spelling of thick (“curvy”).
- Write "thick" when you mean: Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
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
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- "thick" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #3,265 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: tarot · taro. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "thicc, thick" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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