Deutsch homophones
Sohn/son
"Sohn" is a noun; "son" is a determiner - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Sohn" arrives as a noun, while "son" is a determiner. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "so" then splits - "Sohn" (4 letters) vs "son" (3).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Sohn, son: nos. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Sohn
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory hnos · private h
son
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory nos · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Sohn" when you mean: männlicher, direkter Nachkomme
- Write "son" when you mean: umgangssprachlich:
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Sohn ← oshn · shon · sohhn · sohnn · sonh · ssohn