Deutsch homophones

Bernd/Berndt

"Bernd" (#3,298 written frequency) beats "Berndt" (#34,006) in this 2-word /bɛʁnt/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /bɛʁnt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Bernd" leads at #3,298, with "Berndt" trailing at #34,006.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "bernd" then splits - "Bernd" (5 letters) vs "Berndt" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Bernd, Berndt: bdenr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • Bernd

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC

    Inventory bdenr · no private letters vs siblings

  • Berndt

    6 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCCC

    Inventory bdenrt · private t

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Bernd" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
  • Write "Berndt" when you mean: männlicher Vorname

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • Berndbbernd · benrd · berdn · berndd · bernnd · berrnd
  • Berndtbberndt · benrdt · berdnt · bernddt · berndtt · bernndt

Each spelling

Bernd

name · /bɛʁnt/ · #3,298 frequency

männlicher Vorname

Berndt

name · /bɛʁnt/ · #34,006 frequency

männlicher Vorname

Nearby German homophone groups

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list