Deutsch homophones
Deal/Diehl
"Deal" is a noun; "Diehl" is a name - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Deal" arrives as a noun, while "Diehl" is a name. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Deal" is 4 letters, "Diehl" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Deal, Diehl: del. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Deal
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory adel · private a
Diehl
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC
Inventory dehil · private hi
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Deal" when you mean: der Kauf oder Verkauf von Waren
- Write "Diehl" when you mean: Familienname
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.