Deutsch homophones
Waisen/weisen
"Waisen" is a noun; "weisen" 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: "Waisen" arrives as a noun, while "weisen" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Waisen" is 6 letters, "weisen" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Waisen, weisen: einsw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Waisen
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory aeinsw · private a
weisen
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory einsw · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Waisen" when you mean: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Waise
- Write "weisen" when you mean: auf etwas zeigen
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.