Deutsch homophones
Leid/leiht/light
"Leid" is a noun; "leiht" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Leid" arrives as a noun, while "leiht" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "lei" then splits - "Leid" (4 letters) vs "leiht" (5).
- No shared spelling stem: "Leid" is 4 letters, "light" is 5; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "leiht" is 5 letters, "light" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Leid, leiht, light: il. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Leid
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory deil · private de
leiht
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC
Inventory ehilt · private eht
light
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory ghilt · private ght
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Leid" when you mean: starker Kummer, starker psychischer oder seelischer Schmerz
- Write "leiht" when you mean: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leihen
- Write "light" when you mean: geringere Mengen eines ungesunden Stoffs enthaltend als sonst üblich
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
adjective · /laɪ̯t/ · #6,950 frequency
geringere Mengen eines ungesunden Stoffs enthaltend als sonst üblich