Deutsch homophones

staatliche/stattliche

"staatliche" (#3,339 written frequency) beats "stattliche" (#24,523) in this 2-word /ˈʃtaːtlɪçə/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈʃtaːtlɪçə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "staatliche" leads at #3,339, with "stattliche" trailing at #24,523.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "sta" then splits - "staatliche" (10 letters) vs "stattliche" (10).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across staatliche, stattliche: acehilst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • staatliche

    10 letters · 4 vowels · shape CCVVCCVCCV

    Inventory acehilst · no private letters vs siblings

  • stattliche

    10 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVCCCVCCV

    Inventory acehilst · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "staatliche" when you mean: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs staatlich
  • Write "stattliche" when you mean: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stattlich

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • staatlichesatatliche · sstaatliche · staaltiche · staatilche · staatlcihe · staatlicche
  • stattlichesatttliche · sstattliche · statltiche · stattilche · stattlcihe · stattlicche

Each spelling

staatliche

adjective · /ˈʃtaːtlɪçə/ · #3,339 frequency

Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs staatlich

stattliche

adjective · /ˈʃtatlɪçə/ · #24,523 frequency

Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stattlich

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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