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.
Data vintage
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.