Deutsch homophones
quellen/quälen
2 "quellen, quälen" spellings share pronunciation /ˈkvɛlən/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Meaning separates the spellings
quellen, quälen are held together only by pronunciation /ˈkvɛlən/. With no grammar or frequency gap large enough to tip the choice, read each definition before you commit a spelling.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "qu" then splits - "quellen" (7 letters) vs "quälen" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across quellen, quälen: elnqu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
quellen
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCVC
Inventory elnqu · no private letters vs siblings
quälen
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory elnquä · private ä
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "quellen" when you mean: austreten, ansteigen, sprudeln
- Write "quälen" when you mean: absichtlich Schmerzen zufügen, leiden machen
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- quellen ← qeullen · qquellen · queleln · quelen · quellenn · quellne