DeusvsDurConfusable pair

Quick tell: Deus is a name, Dur is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Deus” is a name and “Dur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,819
“Deus” frequency rank
#10,455
“Dur” frequency rank
37274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Deus Dur
Definition Gott (des Christentums) Tongeschlecht einer Klangverbindung, deren Charakteristikum eine große Terz im Verhältnis zum Grundton ist

Letter map: Deus vs Dur

Shared letters muted; letters that set Deus and Dur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Deus
3 ch
Dur

Grammar separator: Deus vs Dur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Deus is aname and Duranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Deus is recorded at frequency rank #26,819, classified as aname. Dur is at rank #10,455, tagged as anoun, pronounced [duːɐ̯].

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 37274, this pair ranks #1,594,399 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Deus vs Dur

Shared letters: du. Private to "Deus": es. Private to "Dur": r.

"Deus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Dur" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Deusddeus · desu · deuss · dues · edus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Deus" and "Dur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Deus" is a name and "Dur" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Deus" vs "Dur" - which ranks higher?
"Dur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,455 in our German list, against #26,819 for "Deus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Deus" and "Dur".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Deus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Dur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,594,399 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Deus" and "Dur" 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 #1,594,399 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