Which to use
“Dame” and “dave” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,198
- “Dame” frequency rank
- #9,876
- “dave” frequency rank
- 12074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Dame | dave |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frau | Vokativ Singular des Substantivs dav |
Where the eye mixes Dame and dave
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Dame and dave follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Dame and dave
A purely visual mix-up. Dame ([ˈdaːmə]) and dave ([ˈdavɛ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - m in “Dame” becomes v in “dave”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Dame is recorded at frequency rank #2,198, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdaːmə]. dave is at rank #9,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdavɛ].
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 12074, this pair ranks #1,966,320 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Dame vs dave
Shared letters: ade. Private to "Dame": m. Private to "dave": v.
"Dame" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dave" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Dame" for "dave" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Dame" or "dave" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Dame" and "dave" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Dame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dave" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,966,320 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Dame" and "dave" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dave vs Düne". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,966,320 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.