Decke vs dice, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Decke” and “dice” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,513
“Decke” frequency rank: #43,101
“dice” frequency rank: 46614
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Decke	dice
Definition	geschlossene Oberfläche	der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel)

Letter map: Decke vs dice

Shared letters muted; letters that set Decke and dice apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

Decke

4 ch

dice

Corpus notes: Decke and dice

Decke and dice are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Decke is recorded at frequency rank #3,513, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdɛkə]. dice is at rank #43,101, tagged as anoun, 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 46614, this pair ranks #1,313,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Decke vs dice

Shared letters: cde. Private to "Decke": k. Private to "dice": i.

"Decke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

Decke ← dceke · ddecke · deccke · decek · deckke · dekce · edcke
dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Decke" for "dice" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "Decke" or "dice" show up more?

"Decke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,513 in our German list, against #43,101 for "dice". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Decke" and "dice". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "Decke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "dice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,313,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Decke" and "dice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dice 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

Confusion rank #1,313,061 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.