Deutsch homophones
Jahn/Jan
"Jan" (#1,850 written frequency) beats "Jahn" (#12,108) in this 2-word /jaːn/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /jaːn/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Jan" leads at #1,850, with "Jahn" trailing at #12,108.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ja" then splits - "Jahn" (4 letters) vs "Jan" (3).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Jahn, Jan: ajn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Jahn
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory ahjn · private h
Jan
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ajn · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Jahn" when you mean: deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
- Write "Jan" when you mean: ein männlicher Vorname
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Jahn ← ajhn · jahhn · jahnn · janh · jhan · jjahn