Deutsch homophones
man/Mann
"man" is an adverb; "Mann" 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: "man" arrives as an adverb, while "Mann" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "man" then splits - "man" (3 letters) vs "Mann" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across man, Mann: amn. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
man
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory amn · no private letters vs siblings
Mann
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory amn · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "man" when you mean: zur Bekräftigung und ohne wörtliche Bedeutung
- Write "Mann" when you mean: erwachsener, männlicher Mensch
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Mann ← amnn · mmann · mnan