Deutsch homophones
wider/wieder
"wider" is a preposition; "wieder" is an adverb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "wider" arrives as a preposition, while "wieder" is an adverb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "wi" then splits - "wider" (5 letters) vs "wieder" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across wider, wieder: deirw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
wider
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory deirw · no private letters vs siblings
wieder
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory deirw · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "wider" when you mean: drückt einen Gegensatz aus
- Write "wieder" when you mean: ein oder mehrere weitere Male
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.