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.

  • Philiphpilip · phhilip · phiilp · philpi · phliip · pihlip
  • Philipphpilipp · phhilipp · phiilpp · phillipp · philpip · phliipp
  • Philliphpillip · phhillip · phililp · phillpi · phlilip · pihllip

Each spelling

Philip

name · /ˈfɪlɪp/ · #7,973 frequency

englischer männlicher Vorname

Philipp

name · /ˈfɪlɪp/ · #2,608 frequency

männlicher Vorname

Phillip

name · /ˈfɪlɪp/ · #19,669 frequency

männlicher Vorname

Nearby German homophone groups

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list