Español homophones

cima/sima

"cima" (#5,590 written frequency) beats "sima" (#25,451) in this 2-word /ˈsima/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈsima/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "cima" leads at #5,590, with "sima" trailing at #25,451.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • No shared spelling stem: "cima" is 4 letters, "sima" is 4; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across cima, sima: aim. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • cima

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV

    Inventory acim · private c

  • sima

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV

    Inventory aims · private s

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "cima" when you mean: Punto más alto de algo.
  • Write "sima" when you mean: Cavidad muy profunda que nace en la superficie terrestre.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • cimaccima · ciam · cimma · cmia · icma
  • simaisma · simma · smia · ssima

Each spelling

cima

noun · /ˈsima/ · #5,590 frequency

Punto más alto de algo.

sima

noun · /ˈsima/ · #25,451 frequency

Cavidad muy profunda que nace en la superficie terrestre.

Nearby Spanish homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list