Deutsch homophones

Bernhard/Bernhardt

"Bernhard" (#3,506 written frequency) beats "Bernhardt" (#35,098) in this 2-word /ˈbɛʁnhaʁt/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈbɛʁnhaʁt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Bernhard" leads at #3,506, with "Bernhardt" trailing at #35,098.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "bernhard" then splits - "Bernhard" (8 letters) vs "Bernhardt" (9).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Bernhard

    8 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVCC

    Inventory abdehnr · no private letters vs siblings

  • Bernhardt

    9 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVCCC

    Inventory abdehnrt · private t

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Bernhard" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
  • Write "Bernhardt" when you mean: alternative Schreibweise zu Bernhard, Bernhart

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Bernhardbbernhard · benrhard · berhnard · bernahrd · bernhadr · bernhardd
  • Bernhardtbbernhardt · benrhardt · berhnardt · bernahrdt · bernhadrt · bernharddt

Each spelling

Bernhard

name · /ˈbɛʁnhaʁt/ · #3,506 frequency

männlicher Vorname

Bernhardt

name · /ˈbɛʁnhaʁt/ · #35,098 frequency

alternative Schreibweise zu Bernhard, Bernhart

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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