Deutsch homophones
Wahl/Wal/wall
"Wahl" is a noun; "wall" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Wahl" arrives as a noun, while "wall" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "wa" then splits - "Wahl" (4 letters) vs "Wal" (3).
- Shared stem "wa" then splits - "Wahl" (4 letters) vs "wall" (4).
- Shared stem "wal" then splits - "Wal" (3 letters) vs "wall" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Wahl, Wal, wall: alw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Wahl
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory ahlw · private h
Wal
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory alw · no private letters vs siblings
wall
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory alw · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Wahl" when you mean: Entscheidung zwischen zwei oder mehreren Möglichkeiten
- Write "Wal" when you mean: oft sehr großes, im Wasser lebendes Säugetier (Ordnung Cetacea)
- Write "wall" when you mean: 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs wallen
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.