Which to use
“Damm” is a noun and “dass” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,347
- “Damm” frequency rank
- #27
- “dass” frequency rank
- 9374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Damm | dass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | durch schüttende Anhäufung von Erdmassen und/oder Felsen, Steinen errichteter Wall | drückt eine Folge des Geschehens aus, Art und Weise oder Grad |
Where the eye mixes Damm and dass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Damm and dass follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Damm vs dass
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Damm is [dam] while dass is [das]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Damm is recorded at frequency rank #9,347, classified as anoun, pronounced [dam]. dass is at rank #27, tagged as aconj, 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 9374, this pair ranks #1,980,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Damm vs dass
Shared letters: ad. Private to "Damm": m. Private to "dass": s.
"Damm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Damm" and "dass" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Damm" or "dass" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Damm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,980,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Damm" and "dass" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DAAD vs Damm". 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 #1,980,257 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.