Deutsch homophones
Bonn/bonne
"Bonn" is a name; "bonne" 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: "Bonn" arrives as a name, while "bonne" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "bonn" then splits - "Bonn" (4 letters) vs "bonne" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Bonn, bonne: bno. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Bonn
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory bno · no private letters vs siblings
bonne
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory beno · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Bonn" when you mean: Kreisfreie Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, deutsche Bundesstadt
- Write "bonne" when you mean: Dienstmädchen; Hausgehilfin; Hausmädchen
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.