Deutsch homophones
Tod/tot
"Tod" is a noun; "tot" is an adjective - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Tod" arrives as a noun, while "tot" is an adjective. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "Tod" keeps d, "tot" writes t at letter 3.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Tod, tot: ot. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Tod
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory dot · private d
tot
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ot · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Tod" when you mean: das Ende des Sterbevorgangs
- Write "tot" when you mean: nicht (mehr) lebend