Español homophones
mm/mmm/nm
"mm" (#2,511 written frequency) beats "mmm" (#6,799) in this 3-word /ˈm/ cluster. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 3 spellings keep the same /ˈm/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "mm" leads at #2,511, with "mmm" trailing at #6,799.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mm" then splits - "mm" (2 letters) vs "mmm" (3).
- No shared spelling stem: "mm" is 2 letters, "nm" is 2; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "mmm" is 3 letters, "nm" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across mm, mmm, nm: m. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
mm
2 letters · 0 vowels · shape CC
Inventory m · no private letters vs siblings
mmm
3 letters · 0 vowels · shape CCC
Inventory m · no private letters vs siblings
nm
2 letters · 0 vowels · shape CC
Inventory mn · private n
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "mm" when you mean: Abreviatura de milímetro.
- Write "mmm" when you mean: Usada para expresar exquisitez.
- Write "nm" when you mean: Abreviatura de nanómetro.