Español homophones
d/de
"d" is a character; "de" is a preposition - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "d" arrives as a character, while "de" is a preposition. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "d" is 1 letters, "de" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across d, de: d. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
d
1 letters · 0 vowels · shape C
Inventory d · no private letters vs siblings
de
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory de · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "d" when you mean: Cuarta letra del alfabeto español. Su nombre es de.
- Write "de" when you mean: Indica pertenencia.