Deutsch homophones
Zelt/zählt
2 "Zelt, zählt" spellings share pronunciation /t͡sɛlt/; meaning alone separates them. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
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Meaning separates the spellings
Zelt, zählt are held together only by pronunciation /t͡sɛlt/. With no grammar or frequency gap large enough to tip the choice, read each definition before you commit a spelling.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Zelt" is 4 letters, "zählt" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Zelt, zählt: ltz. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Zelt
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory eltz · private e
zählt
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory hltzä · private hä
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Zelt" when you mean: zum leichten Aufstellen und Abbauen gedachte Konstruktion aus stabilen Stangen und Stoff- oder Kunststoffbahnen als vorübergehende Behausung
- Write "zählt" when you mean: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zählen
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Zelt ← ezlt · zellt · zeltt · zetl · zlet · zzelt