Deutsch homophones
las/lass
"las" is a verb; "lass" is an adjective - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "las" arrives as a verb, while "lass" is an adjective. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "las" then splits - "las" (3 letters) vs "lass" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across las, lass: als. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
las
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory als · no private letters vs siblings
lass
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory als · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "las" when you mean: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lesen
- Write "lass" when you mean: keine Energie habend
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- lass ← alss · laß · llass · lsas