Deutsch homophones
bahnt/Band
"bahnt" is a verb; "Band" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "bahnt" arrives as a verb, while "Band" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ba" then splits - "bahnt" (5 letters) vs "Band" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across bahnt, Band: abn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
bahnt
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory abhnt · private ht
Band
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory abdn · private d
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "bahnt" when you mean: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bahnen
- Write "Band" when you mean: Plural »Bänder«:
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.