English homophones
traveling/travelling
"traveling" (#4,561 written frequency) beats "travelling" (#5,561) in this 2-word /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "traveling" leads at #4,561, with "travelling" trailing at #5,561.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "travel" then splits - "traveling" (9 letters) vs "travelling" (10).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across traveling, travelling: aegilnrtv. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
traveling
9 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVCVCVCC
Inventory aegilnrtv · no private letters vs siblings
travelling
10 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Inventory aegilnrtv · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "traveling" when you mean: present participle and gerund of travel
- Write "travelling" when you mean: present participle and gerund of travel
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- traveling ← rtaveling · tarveling · traevling · traveilng · travelign · travelingg
- travelling ← rtavelling · tarvelling · traevlling · travelilng · travellign · travellingg
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (traveling, travelling). Here's where to go from here.
- "traveling" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,561 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: throws · throes. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "traveling, travelling" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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