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.

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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.

  • Aaleaael · aalle · alae
  • allealel · lale

Each spelling

Aale

noun · /ˈaːlə/ · #47,176 frequency

Dativ Singular des Substantivs Aal

alle

adverb · /ˈalə/ · #80 frequency

mitteldeutsch und norddeutsch, umgangssprachlich:' leer, nicht mehr vorrätig

Nearby German homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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