Deutsch homophones

Volt/wollt

"Volt" is a noun; "wollt" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "Volt" arrives as a noun, while "wollt" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

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

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

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

  • Volt

    4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC

    Inventory lotv · private v

  • wollt

    5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC

    Inventory lotw · private w

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Volt" when you mean: Einheit der elektrischen Spannung
  • Write "wollt" when you mean: 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Voltovlt · vlot · vollt · voltt · votl · vvolt
  • wolltowllt · wlolt · wolltt · wolt · woltl · wwollt

Each spelling

Volt

noun · /vɔlt/ · #12,625 frequency

Einheit der elektrischen Spannung

wollt

verb · /vɔlt/ · #1,718 frequency

2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen

Nearby German homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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