Deutsch homophones

Stelle/Ställe

2 "Stelle, Ställe" spellings share pronunciation /ˈʃtɛlə/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Meaning separates the spellings

Stelle, Ställe are held together only by pronunciation /ˈʃtɛlə/. 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 - "Stelle" (6 letters) vs "Ställe" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Stelle

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCV

    Inventory elst · no private letters vs siblings

  • Ställe

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVCCV

    Inventory elstä · private ä

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Stelle" when you mean: berufliche Anstellung; Arbeitsplatz
  • Write "Ställe" when you mean: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stall

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Stellesetlle · sstelle · stelel · stlele · sttelle · tselle

Each spelling

Stelle

noun · /ˈʃtɛlə/ · #525 frequency

berufliche Anstellung; Arbeitsplatz

Ställe

/ˈʃtɛlə/

Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stall

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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