Deutsch homophones

nackt/nagt

"nackt" is an adjective; "nagt" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "nackt" arrives as an adjective, while "nagt" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "na" then splits - "nackt" (5 letters) vs "nagt" (4).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across nackt, nagt: ant. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • nackt

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC

    Inventory acknt · private ck

  • nagt

    4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC

    Inventory agnt · private g

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "nackt" when you mean: keine Bekleidung oder sonstige Bedeckung tragend; nicht bekleidet, nicht bedeckt
  • Write "nagt" when you mean: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nagen

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • nacktanckt · nacckt · nackkt · nacktt · nactk · nakct
  • nagtangt · naggt · nagtt · natg · ngat · nnagt

Each spelling

nackt

adjective · /nakt/ · #3,608 frequency

keine Bekleidung oder sonstige Bedeckung tragend; nicht bekleidet, nicht bedeckt

nagt

verb · /naːkt/ · #44,816 frequency

2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nagen

Nearby German homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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