Deutsch homophones
Dahme/Dame
"Dahme" is a name; "Dame" 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: "Dahme" arrives as a name, while "Dame" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "da" then splits - "Dahme" (5 letters) vs "Dame" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Dahme, Dame: adem. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Dahme
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory adehm · private h
Dame
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory adem · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Dahme" when you mean: ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Spree
- Write "Dame" when you mean: Frau
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.