Deutsch homophones
Hertz/Herz
"Herz" (#794 written frequency) beats "Hertz" (#22,374) in this 2-word /hɛʁt͡s/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /hɛʁt͡s/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Herz" leads at #794, with "Hertz" trailing at #22,374.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "her" then splits - "Hertz" (5 letters) vs "Herz" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Hertz, Herz: ehrz. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Hertz
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory ehrtz · private t
Herz
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory ehrz · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Hertz" when you mean: Maßeinheit der Frequenz; 1 Hz = 1 Schwingung pro Sekunde
- Write "Herz" when you mean: das Zentralorgan für den Blutkreislauf
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.