Deutsch homophones
Bahn/Bann
"Bahn" (#774 written frequency) beats "Bann" (#9,152) in this 2-word /baːn/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /baːn/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Bahn" leads at #774, with "Bann" trailing at #9,152.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ba" then splits - "Bahn" (4 letters) vs "Bann" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Bahn, Bann: abn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Bahn
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory abhn · private h
Bann
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory abn · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Bahn" when you mean: Strecke, die von einem Körper in einer vorgeschriebenen Richtung durchmessen wird
- Write "Bann" when you mean: Ausweisung einer Person oder einer Gruppe aus einer Gemeinschaft, insbesondere aus der Kirche
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.