Deutsch homophones
arche/Arsch
"Arsch" (#1,219 written frequency) beats "arche" (#15,816) in this 2-word /aʁʃ/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /aʁʃ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Arsch" leads at #1,219, with "arche" trailing at #15,816.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ar" then splits - "arche" (5 letters) vs "Arsch" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across arche, Arsch: achr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
arche
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCCV
Inventory acehr · private e
Arsch
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape VCCCC
Inventory achrs · private s
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "arche" when you mean: Bogen
- Write "Arsch" when you mean: für Hinterteil eines Tieres oder Menschen, Po, Gesäß
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.