Deutsch homophones
Rad/Rat
"Rat" (#1,567 written frequency) beats "Rad" (#3,146) in this 2-word /ʁaːt/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ʁaːt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Rat" leads at #1,567, with "Rad" trailing at #3,146.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "Rad" keeps d, "Rat" writes t at letter 3.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Rad, Rat: ar. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Rad
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory adr · private d
Rat
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory art · private t
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Rad" when you mean: rundes Bauteil, das um seine Achse rotiert
- Write "Rat" when you mean: Empfehlung, sich in einer bestimmten Weise zu verhalten