Deutsch homophones

Welt/wählt

2 "Welt, wählt" spellings share pronunciation /vɛlt/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Meaning separates the spellings

Welt, wählt are held together only by pronunciation /vɛlt/. With no grammar or frequency gap large enough to tip the choice, read each definition before you commit a spelling.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • No shared spelling stem: "Welt" is 4 letters, "wählt" is 5; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Welt

    4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC

    Inventory eltw · private e

  • wählt

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC

    Inventory hltwä · private

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Welt" when you mean: der Planet Erde
  • Write "wählt" when you mean: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wählen

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Weltewlt · wellt · weltt · wetl · wlet · wwelt

Each spelling

Welt

noun · /vɛlt/ · #207 frequency

der Planet Erde

wählt

/vɛːlt/

3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wählen

Nearby German homophone groups

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