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.