Deutsch homophones

Trend/trennt

"Trend" is a noun; "trennt" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "Trend" arrives as a noun, while "trennt" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "tren" then splits - "Trend" (5 letters) vs "trennt" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Trend

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC

    Inventory denrt · private d

  • trennt

    6 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCCC

    Inventory enrt · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Trend" when you mean: eine (allgemeine) Entwicklung in eine bestimmte Richtung
  • Write "trennt" when you mean: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trennen

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Trendrtend · ternd · tredn · trendd · trennd · trned
  • trenntrtennt · ternnt · trenntt · trent · trentn · trnent

Each spelling

Trend

noun · /tʁɛnt/ · #2,859 frequency

eine (allgemeine) Entwicklung in eine bestimmte Richtung

trennt

verb · /tʁɛnt/ · #7,831 frequency

3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trennen

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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