Deutsch homophones

Celler/Zeller/Zähler

"Zeller" (#19,784 written frequency) beats "Celler" (#46,547) in this 3-word /ˈt͡sɛlɐ/ cluster. Size rank #5 of 483 German groups.

Data vintage

Frequency splits the cluster

These 3 spellings keep the same /ˈt͡sɛlɐ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Zeller" leads at #19,784, with "Celler" trailing at #46,547.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • No shared spelling stem: "Celler" is 6 letters, "Zeller" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "Celler" is 6 letters, "Zähler" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "Zeller" is 6 letters, "Zähler" is 6; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Celler, Zeller, Zähler: elr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • Celler

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory celr · private c

  • Zeller

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory elrz · private z

  • Zähler

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory ehlrzä · private hzä

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Celler" when you mean: Bewohner von Celle, jemand, der aus Celle stammt
  • Write "Zeller" when you mean: Sellerie
  • Write "Zähler" when you mean: Person, die etwas zählt

Known mistypes of these spellings

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

  • Cellercceller · celelr · celer · cellerr · cellre · cleler
  • Zellerezller · zelelr · zeler · zellerr · zellre · zleler

Each spelling

Celler

noun · /ˈt͡sɛlɐ/ · #46,547 frequency

Bewohner von Celle, jemand, der aus Celle stammt

Zeller

noun · /ˈt͡sɛlɐ/ · #19,784 frequency

Sellerie

Zähler

/ˈt͡sɛːlɐ/

Person, die etwas zählt

Nearby German homophone groups

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list