Deutsch homophones
fasst/fast
"fasst" is a verb; "fast" is an adverb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "fasst" arrives as a verb, while "fast" is an adverb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "fas" then splits - "fasst" (5 letters) vs "fast" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across fasst, fast: afst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
fasst
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory afst · no private letters vs siblings
fast
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory afst · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "fasst" when you mean: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fassen
- Write "fast" when you mean: nicht ganz
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.