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.