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Complementary distribution is commonly applied to Phonology , where similar Phone s in complementary distribution are usually Allophone s of the same phoneme. For instance, in English, and are allophones of the Phoneme because they occur in complementary distribution. always occurs when it is the Syllable Onset and followed by a Stress ed Vowel (as in the word ''pin''). occurs in all other situations (as in the word ''s'''p'''in'').

There are cases where elements are in complementary distribution, but are not considered allophones. For example in English and ( Engma , written as "ng" in English) are in complementary distribution, since [h only occurs at the beginning of a syllable and only at the end. But because they have so little in common they are still considered separate phonemes.