Deutsch homophones
eau/oh
"eau" is a noun; "oh" 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: "eau" arrives as a noun, while "oh" is an intj. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "eau" is 3 letters, "oh" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across eau, oh: none. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
eau
3 letters · 3 vowels · shape VVV
Inventory aeu · private aeu
oh
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC
Inventory ho · private ho
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "eau" when you mean: Ansammlung von Wassermolekülen in flüssiger Form: Wasser
- Write "oh" when you mean: Ausruf des Erstaunens, der Überraschung