Deutsch homophones
misst/Mist
"misst" is a verb; "Mist" is an intj - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "misst" arrives as a verb, while "Mist" is an intj. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mis" then splits - "misst" (5 letters) vs "Mist" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across misst, Mist: imst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
misst
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory imst · no private letters vs siblings
Mist
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory imst · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "misst" when you mean: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs messen
- Write "Mist" when you mean: als Schimpfwort beziehungsweise Fluch verwendeter Ausdruck
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.