Deutsch homophones

tac/Tag

"Tag" (#189 written frequency) beats "tac" (#40,239) in this 2-word /tak/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /tak/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Tag" leads at #189, with "tac" trailing at #40,239.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Single-letter fork: "tac" keeps c, "Tag" writes g at letter 3.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • tac

    3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC

    Inventory act · private c

  • Tag

    3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC

    Inventory agt · private g

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "tac" when you mean: der Dübel (Fischerdübel nach dem Erfinder Artur Fischer), der Zapfen
  • Write "Tag" when you mean: Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenaufgang und Sonnenuntergang

Each spelling

tac

noun · /tak/ · #40,239 frequency

der Dübel (Fischerdübel nach dem Erfinder Artur Fischer), der Zapfen

Tag

noun · /taːk/ · #189 frequency

Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenaufgang und Sonnenuntergang

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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