Deutsch homophones
Rest/reste
"Rest" (#1,119 written frequency) beats "reste" (#6,843) in this 2-word /ʁɛst/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ʁɛst/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Rest" leads at #1,119, with "reste" trailing at #6,843.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "rest" then splits - "Rest" (4 letters) vs "reste" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Rest, reste: erst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Rest
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory erst · no private letters vs siblings
reste
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory erst · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Rest" when you mean: übrig bleibender Teil des Ganzen
- Write "reste" when you mean: Rest, Übriges
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.