Deutsch homophones

Verband/verbannt

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

Data vintage

Grammar picks the spelling

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

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "verban" then splits - "Verband" (7 letters) vs "verbannt" (8).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Verband

    7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVCC

    Inventory abdenrv · private d

  • verbannt

    8 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVCCC

    Inventory abenrtv · private t

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Verband" when you mean: Organisation von Personen gleichen Interesses
  • Write "verbannt" when you mean: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verbannen

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Verbandevrband · vebrand · verabnd · verbadn · verbandd · verbannd
  • verbanntevrbannt · vebrannt · verabnnt · verbanntt · verbant · verbantn

Each spelling

Verband

noun · /fɛɐ̯ˈbant/ · #2,932 frequency

Organisation von Personen gleichen Interesses

verbannt

verb · /fɛɐ̯ˈbant/ · #13,052 frequency

Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verbannen

Nearby German homophone groups

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

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