Deutsch homophones
Seen/sehen
"Seen" is a noun; "sehen" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Seen" arrives as a noun, while "sehen" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "se" then splits - "Seen" (4 letters) vs "sehen" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Seen, sehen: ens. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Seen
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory ens · no private letters vs siblings
sehen
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory ehns · private h
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Seen" when you mean: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs See
- Write "sehen" when you mean: aktiv und passiv wahrnehmen über das Sinnesorgan Auge
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.