Which to use
“dam” is an abbrev and “du” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,288
- “dam” frequency rank
- #38
- “du” frequency rank
- 24326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dam | du |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dekameter | der Angesprochene oder Angeschriebene, falls nicht die Höflichkeitsform Sie verwendet wird |
Letter map: dam vs du
Shared letters muted; letters that set dam and du apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for dam / du
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dam is anabbrev and duapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dam is recorded at frequency rank #24,288, classified as anabbrev. du is at rank #38, tagged as apron, pronounced [duː].
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 24326, this pair ranks #1,849,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dam vs du
Shared letters: d. Private to "dam": am. Private to "du": u.
"dam" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "du" · 2 letters · shape CV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "dam" vs "du" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "dam" and "du". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "du" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,849,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dam" and "du" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dam vs duc". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,849,192 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.