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.

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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.

  • archeacrhe · arcche · arceh · archhe · arhce · arrche
  • Arscharcsh · arrsch · arscch · arschh · arshc · arssch

Each spelling

arche

noun · /aʁʃ/ · #15,816 frequency

Bogen

Arsch

noun · /aʁʃ/ · #1,219 frequency

für Hinterteil eines Tieres oder Menschen, Po, Gesäß

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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