English homophones
traveled/travelled
"traveled" (#6,533 written frequency) beats "travelled" (#7,405) in this 2-word /ˈtɹævl̩d/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈtɹævl̩d/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "traveled" leads at #6,533, with "travelled" trailing at #7,405.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "travel" then splits - "traveled" (8 letters) vs "travelled" (9).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across traveled, travelled: adelrtv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
traveled
8 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVCVCVC
Inventory adelrtv · no private letters vs siblings
travelled
9 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVCVCCVC
Inventory adelrtv · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "traveled" when you mean: Frequented by travelers.
- Write "travelled" when you mean: Standard spelling of traveled.
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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- "traveled" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,533 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: Tracy · Tracey. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "traveled, travelled" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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