Deutsch homophones
wehrte/Werte
"wehrte" is a verb; "Werte" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "wehrte" arrives as a verb, while "Werte" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "we" then splits - "wehrte" (6 letters) vs "Werte" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across wehrte, Werte: ertw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
wehrte
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCV
Inventory ehrtw · private h
Werte
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory ertw · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "wehrte" when you mean: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wehren
- Write "Werte" when you mean: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wert
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.