Deutsch homophones
kannte/Kante
"kannte" is a verb; "Kante" 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: "kannte" arrives as a verb, while "Kante" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "kan" then splits - "kannte" (6 letters) vs "Kante" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across kannte, Kante: aeknt. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
kannte
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCV
Inventory aeknt · no private letters vs siblings
Kante
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory aeknt · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "kannte" when you mean: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs kennen
- Write "Kante" when you mean: scharfer Rand, daher auch der Besatz an Stoffen, Kleidern
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.