Which to use
“Deus” is a name and “du” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,819
- “Deus” frequency rank
- #38
- “du” frequency rank
- 26857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Deus | du |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gott (des Christentums) | der Angesprochene oder Angeschriebene, falls nicht die Höflichkeitsform Sie verwendet wird |
Letter map: Deus vs du
Shared letters muted; letters that set Deus and du apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Deus / du
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Deus is aname and duapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Deus is recorded at frequency rank #26,819, classified as aname. du is at rank #38, tagged as apron, pronounced [duː].
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 26857, this pair ranks #1,811,294 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Deus vs du
Shared letters: du. Private to "Deus": es. Private to "du": -.
"Deus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "du" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Deus ← ddeus · desu · deuss · dues · edus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Deus" and "du" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Deus" or "du" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Deus" and "du".
- Full dictionary entry for "Deus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "du" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,811,294 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Deus" and "du" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dess vs Deus". 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 #1,811,294 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.