Deutsch homophones

Stetten/Städten/Stätten

3 "Stetten, Städten, Stätten" spellings share pronunciation /ˈʃtɛtn̩/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.

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Meaning separates the spellings

Stetten, Städten, Stätten are held together only by pronunciation /ˈʃtɛtn̩/. With no grammar or frequency gap large enough to tip the choice, read each definition before you commit a spelling.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "st" then splits - "Stetten" (7 letters) vs "Städten" (7).
  • Shared stem "st" then splits - "Stetten" (7 letters) vs "Stätten" (7).
  • Shared stem "stä" then splits - "Städten" (7 letters) vs "Stätten" (7).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Stetten, Städten, Stätten: enst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • Stetten

    7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVC

    Inventory enst · no private letters vs siblings

  • Städten

    7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVC

    Inventory denstä · private

  • Stätten

    7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVC

    Inventory enstä · private ä

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Stetten" when you mean: häufiger Ortsname in Süddeutschland
  • Write "Städten" when you mean: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Stadt
  • Write "Stätten" when you mean: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stätte

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Stettensettten · sstetten · steten · stetetn · stettenn · stettne

Each spelling

Stetten

name · /ˈʃtɛtn̩/ · #29,802 frequency

häufiger Ortsname in Süddeutschland

Städten

/ˈʃtɛːtn̩/

Dativ Plural des Substantivs Stadt

Stätten

/ˈʃtɛtn̩/

Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stätte

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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