Deutsch homophones
Philip/Philipp/Phillip
"Philipp" (#2,608 written frequency) beats "Philip" (#7,973) in this 3-word /ˈfɪlɪp/ cluster. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 3 spellings keep the same /ˈfɪlɪp/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Philipp" leads at #2,608, with "Philip" trailing at #7,973.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "philip" then splits - "Philip" (6 letters) vs "Philipp" (7).
- Shared stem "phil" then splits - "Philip" (6 letters) vs "Phillip" (7).
- Shared stem "phil" then splits - "Philipp" (7 letters) vs "Phillip" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Philip, Philipp, Phillip: hilp. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Philip
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVC
Inventory hilp · no private letters vs siblings
Philipp
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVCC
Inventory hilp · no private letters vs siblings
Phillip
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVC
Inventory hilp · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Philip" when you mean: englischer männlicher Vorname
- Write "Philipp" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
- Write "Phillip" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.