Deutsch homophones
Aas/as
"as" (#2,232 written frequency) beats "Aas" (#30,417) in this 2-word /aːs/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /aːs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "as" leads at #2,232, with "Aas" trailing at #30,417.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Aas" is 3 letters, "as" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Aas, as: as. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Aas
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VVC
Inventory as · no private letters vs siblings
as
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC
Inventory as · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Aas" when you mean: toter und meist verwesender Tierkörper
- Write "as" when you mean: umgangssprachlich: