Deutsch homophones
mari/Marie
"Marie" (#3,138 written frequency) beats "mari" (#29,234) in this 2-word /ma.ʁi/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ma.ʁi/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Marie" leads at #3,138, with "mari" trailing at #29,234.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mari" then splits - "mari" (4 letters) vs "Marie" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across mari, Marie: aimr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
mari
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory aimr · no private letters vs siblings
Marie
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory aeimr · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "mari" when you mean: Ehemann, Gatte, Gemahl, Gespons
- Write "Marie" when you mean: Geld
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.