DekorvsdorTell them apart

Quick tell: Dekor is a noun, dor is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Dekor” is a noun and “dor” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,992
“Dekor” frequency rank
#35,140
“dor” frequency rank
68132
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dekor dor
Definition Verzierung auf einem Gebäude oder Gebrauchsgegenstand 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dare

Letter map: Dekor vs dor

Shared letters muted; letters that set Dekor and dor apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Dekor runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against dor's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Dekor
3 ch
dor

Role in the sentence - Dekor and dor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Dekor is anoun and doraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dekor is recorded at frequency rank #32,992, classified as anoun, pronounced [deˈkoːɐ̯]. dor is at rank #35,140, 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 68132, this pair ranks #517,663 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Dekor vs dor

Shared letters: dor. Private to "Dekor": ek. Private to "dor": -.

"Dekor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dor" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Dekor ← ddekor · dekkor · dekorr · dekro · deokr · dkeor · edkor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Dekor" for "dor" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Dekor" is a noun and "dor" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Dekor" or "dor"?
"Dekor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,992 in our German list, against #35,140 for "dor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Dekor" and "dor". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dekor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #517,663 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dekor" and "dor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dor 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 #517,663 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list