Which to use
“dass” is a conjunction and “Davos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27
- “dass” frequency rank
- #17,553
- “Davos” frequency rank
- 17580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dass | Davos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | drückt eine Folge des Geschehens aus, Art und Weise oder Grad | eine Gemeinde im schweizerischen Kanton Graubünden |
Where the eye mixes dass and Davos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dass vs Davos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dass is [das] while Davos is [daˈfoːs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dass is recorded at frequency rank #27, classified as aconj, pronounced [das]. Davos is at rank #17,553, tagged as aname, pronounced [daˈfoːs].
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 17580, this pair ranks #1,926,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dass vs Davos
Shared letters: ads. Private to "dass": -. Private to "Davos": ov.
"dass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Davos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dass" and "Davos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "dass" or "Davos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dass" and "Davos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Davos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,926,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dass" and "Davos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Davos vs Dinos". 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 #1,926,103 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.