Deutsch homophones
starrt/Start
"starrt" is a verb; "Start" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "starrt" arrives as a verb, while "Start" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "star" then splits - "starrt" (6 letters) vs "Start" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across starrt, Start: arst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
starrt
6 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCCC
Inventory arst · no private letters vs siblings
Start
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory arst · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "starrt" when you mean: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs starren
- Write "Start" when you mean: absichtsvoller Beginn einer Tätigkeit/eines Projekts
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.