Deutsch homophones

Stahl/Stall

"Stahl" (#3,620 written frequency) beats "Stall" (#8,457) in this 2-word /ʃtaːl/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ʃtaːl/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Stahl" leads at #3,620, with "Stall" trailing at #8,457.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "sta" then splits - "Stahl" (5 letters) vs "Stall" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Stahl

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC

    Inventory ahlst · private h

  • Stall

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC

    Inventory alst · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Stahl" when you mean: metallische Legierung, deren Hauptbestandteil Eisen ist; der Kohlenstoffgehalt liegt zwischen 0,02% und 2,06%.
  • Write "Stall" when you mean: Raum für den Aufenthalt von Haustieren

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Stahlsathl · sstahl · stahhl · stahll · stalh · sthal
  • Stallsatll · sstall · stal · stlal · sttall · tsall

Each spelling

Stahl

noun · /ʃtaːl/ · #3,620 frequency

metallische Legierung, deren Hauptbestandteil Eisen ist; der Kohlenstoffgehalt liegt zwischen 0,02% und 2,06%.

Stall

noun · /ʃtal/ · #8,457 frequency

Raum für den Aufenthalt von Haustieren

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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