Deutsch homophones
wehrt/werd/Wert/Werth
"wehrt" is a verb; "Wert" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #2 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "wehrt" arrives as a verb, while "Wert" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "we" then splits - "wehrt" (5 letters) vs "werd" (4).
- Shared stem "we" then splits - "wehrt" (5 letters) vs "Wert" (4).
- Shared stem "we" then splits - "wehrt" (5 letters) vs "Werth" (5).
- Single-letter fork: "werd" keeps d, "Wert" writes t at letter 4.
- Shared stem "wer" then splits - "werd" (4 letters) vs "Werth" (5).
- Shared stem "wert" then splits - "Wert" (4 letters) vs "Werth" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across wehrt, werd, Wert, Werth: erw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
wehrt
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory ehrtw · private ht
werd
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory derw · private d
Wert
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory ertw · private t
Werth
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory ehrtw · private ht
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "wehrt" when you mean: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren
- Write "werd" when you mean: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs werden
- Write "Wert" when you mean: meist in Geld ausgedrücktes materielles Äquivalent einer Sache, einer Dienstleistung oder einer Information
- Write "Werth" when you mean: Flussinsel, vor allen Dingen gebräuchlich für Inseln im Rhein
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.