Español homophones
Marta/Martha
"Marta" (#5,329 written frequency) beats "Martha" (#9,859) in this 2-word /ˈmaɾt̪a/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmaɾt̪a/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Marta" leads at #5,329, with "Martha" trailing at #9,859.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mart" then splits - "Marta" (5 letters) vs "Martha" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Marta, Martha: amrt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Marta
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory amrt · no private letters vs siblings
Martha
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCV
Inventory ahmrt · private h
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Marta" when you mean: Nombre de pila de mujer. En La Biblia fue la hermana de María y Lázaro.
- Write "Martha" when you mean: Grafía anticuada de Marta.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.