Deutsch homophones
Stefan/Stephan
"Stefan" (#2,178 written frequency) beats "Stephan" (#4,465) in this 2-word /ˈʃtɛfan/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈʃtɛfan/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Stefan" leads at #2,178, with "Stephan" trailing at #4,465.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ste" then splits - "Stefan" (6 letters) vs "Stephan" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Stefan, Stephan: aenst. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Stefan
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCVC
Inventory aefnst · private f
Stephan
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCVC
Inventory aehnpst · private hp
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Stefan" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
- Write "Stephan" when you mean: deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.