Which to use
“dam” is an abbrev and “das” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,288
- “dam” frequency rank
- #5
- “das” frequency rank
- 24293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dam | das |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dekameter | [1] Nominativ und Akkusativ Singular Neutrum des bestimmten Artikels der |
Letter map: dam vs das
Shared letters muted; letters that set dam and das apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for dam / das
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dam is anabbrev and dasadeterminer. On the page they differ by a single letter - m in “dam” becomes s in “das”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dam is recorded at frequency rank #24,288, classified as anabbrev. das is at rank #5, tagged as adet, pronounced [das].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24293, this pair ranks #1,849,688 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dam vs das
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dam": m. Private to "das": s.
"dam" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "das" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dam" and "das" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dam" vs "das" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "dam" and "das". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "das" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,849,688 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dam" and "das" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dam vs duc". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,849,688 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.