Deutsch homophones
kam/Kamm
"kam" is a verb; "Kamm" 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: "kam" arrives as a verb, while "Kamm" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "kam" then splits - "kam" (3 letters) vs "Kamm" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across kam, Kamm: akm. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
kam
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory akm · no private letters vs siblings
Kamm
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory akm · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "kam" when you mean: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs kommen
- Write "Kamm" when you mean: Gerät mit aneinandergereihten Zinken zum Ausrichten und Säubern von Haaren
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Kamm ← akmm · kkamm · kmam