dankevsdanteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: danke is a particle, dante is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“danke” is a particle and “dante” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#212
“danke” frequency rank
#11,844
“dante” frequency rank
12056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature danke dante
Definition Wort, das man benutzt, um seinen Dank auszudrücken Partizip Präsens des Verbs dare

Letter map: danke vs dante

Shared letters muted; letters that set danke and dante apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
danke
5 ch
dante

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: danke is aparticle and danteaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - k in “danke” becomes t in “dante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

danke is recorded at frequency rank #212, classified as aparticle, pronounced [ˈdaŋkə]. dante is at rank #11,844, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 12056, this pair ranks #1,966,437 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of danke vs dante

Shared letters: aden. Private to "danke": k. Private to "dante": t.

"danke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "dante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dankeadnke · dakne · danek · dankke · dannke · ddanke · dnake
  • danteadnte · danet · dannte · dantte · ddante · dnate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "danke" and "dante" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "danke" is a particle and "dante" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "danke" or "dante"?
"danke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #212 in our German list, against #11,844 for "dante". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "danke" and "dante". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "danke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,966,437 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "danke" and "dante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dante vs puzzles". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list