Deutsch homophones

Ullrich/Ulrich

"Ulrich" (#3,085 written frequency) beats "Ullrich" (#22,540) in this 2-word /ˈʊlʁɪç/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈʊlʁɪç/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Ulrich" leads at #3,085, with "Ullrich" trailing at #22,540.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "ul" then splits - "Ullrich" (7 letters) vs "Ulrich" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Ullrich

    7 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCCVCC

    Inventory chilru · no private letters vs siblings

  • Ulrich

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCCVCC

    Inventory chilru · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Ullrich" when you mean: deutscher Nachname, Familienname
  • Write "Ulrich" when you mean: männlicher Vorname

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Ullrichlulrich · ullirch · ullrcih · ullricch · ullrichh · ullrihc
  • Ulrichlurich · ulirch · ulrcih · ulricch · ulrichh · ulrihc

Each spelling

Ullrich

name · /ˈʊlʁɪç/ · #22,540 frequency

deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Ulrich

name · /ˈʊlʁɪç/ · #3,085 frequency

männlicher Vorname

Nearby German homophone groups

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list