Deutsch homophones
Schmidt/Schmitt
"Schmidt" (#2,124 written frequency) beats "Schmitt" (#9,803) in this 2-word /ʃmɪt/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ʃmɪt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Schmidt" leads at #2,124, with "Schmitt" trailing at #9,803.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "schmi" then splits - "Schmidt" (7 letters) vs "Schmitt" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Schmidt, Schmitt: chimst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Schmidt
7 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCCCVCC
Inventory cdhimst · private d
Schmitt
7 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCCCVCC
Inventory chimst · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Schmidt" when you mean: deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
- Write "Schmitt" when you mean: deutschsprachiger Familienname
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.