Deutsch homophones
route/ruht/Ruth
"route" is a noun; "ruht" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "route" arrives as a noun, while "ruht" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "route" is 5 letters, "ruht" is 4; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "route" is 5 letters, "Ruth" is 4; only the sound ties them.
- Shared stem "ru" then splits - "ruht" (4 letters) vs "Ruth" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across route, ruht, Ruth: rtu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
route
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory eortu · private eo
ruht
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory hrtu · private h
Ruth
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory hrtu · private h
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "route" when you mean: Straße, Landstraße
- Write "ruht" when you mean: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ruhen
- Write "Ruth" when you mean: weiblicher 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.