Deus vs Dus, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#26,819
“Deus” frequency rank: #19,874
“Dus” frequency rank: 46693
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Deus	Dus
Definition	Gott (des Christentums)	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Du

Letter map: Deus vs Dus

Shared letters muted; letters that set Deus and Dus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

Deus

3 ch

Dus

Grammar separator: Deus vs Dus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Deus is aname and Dusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Deus is recorded at frequency rank #26,819, classified as aname. Dus is at rank #19,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced [duːs].

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 46693, this pair ranks #1,310,283 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Deus vs Dus

Shared letters: dsu. Private to "Deus": e. Private to "Dus": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

Deus ← ddeus · desu · deuss · dues · edus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Deus" and "Dus" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Deus" is a name and "Dus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Deus" or "Dus" show up more?

"Dus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,874 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

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Full dictionary entry for "Deus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Dus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,310,283 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Deus" and "Dus" 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 #1,310,283 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.