Deutsch homophones
Aale/alle
"Aale" is a noun; "alle" is an adverb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Aale" arrives as a noun, while "alle" is an adverb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Aale" is 4 letters, "alle" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Aale, alle: ael. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Aale
4 letters · 3 vowels · shape VVCV
Inventory ael · no private letters vs siblings
alle
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCV
Inventory ael · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Aale" when you mean: Dativ Singular des Substantivs Aal
- Write "alle" when you mean: mitteldeutsch und norddeutsch, umgangssprachlich:' leer, nicht mehr vorrätig
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.