Deutsch homophones

Sahra/Sara/Sarah

"Sarah" (#4,156 written frequency) beats "Sara" (#10,162) in this 3-word /ˈzaːʁa/ cluster. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.

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Frequency splits the cluster

These 3 spellings keep the same /ˈzaːʁa/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Sarah" leads at #4,156, with "Sara" trailing at #10,162.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "sa" then splits - "Sahra" (5 letters) vs "Sara" (4).
  • Shared stem "sa" then splits - "Sahra" (5 letters) vs "Sarah" (5).
  • Shared stem "sara" then splits - "Sara" (4 letters) vs "Sarah" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Sahra, Sara, Sarah: ars. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • Sahra

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV

    Inventory ahrs · private h

  • Sara

    4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV

    Inventory ars · no private letters vs siblings

  • Sarah

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC

    Inventory ahrs · private h

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Sahra" when you mean: weiblicher Vorname
  • Write "Sara" when you mean: weiblicher Vorname
  • Write "Sarah" 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.

  • Sahraashra · sahar · sahhra · sahrra · shara · ssahra
  • Saraasra · sarra · sraa · ssara
  • Sarahasrah · saarh · sarahh · sarha · sarrah · sraah

Each spelling

Sahra

name · /ˈzaːʁa/ · #28,839 frequency

weiblicher Vorname

Sara

name · /ˈzaːʁa/ · #10,162 frequency

weiblicher Vorname

Sarah

name · /ˈzaːʁa/ · #4,156 frequency

weiblicher Vorname

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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