Which to use
“dickes” is an adjective and “Dinkel” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,692
- “dickes” frequency rank
- #40,475
- “Dinkel” frequency rank
- 53167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dickes | Dinkel |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs dick | Getreideart, die auch in rauen Lagen und auf „armen“ Böden wächst |
Where the eye mixes dickes and Dinkel
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dickes and Dinkel follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses dickes with Dinkel
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dickes is [ˈdɪkəs] while Dinkel is [ˈdɪŋkl̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dickes is recorded at frequency rank #12,692, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɪkəs]. Dinkel is at rank #40,475, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdɪŋkl̩].
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 53167, this pair ranks #1,068,596 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dickes vs Dinkel
Shared letters: deik. Private to "dickes": cs. Private to "Dinkel": ln.
"dickes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Dinkel" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dickes" and "Dinkel" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dickes" vs "Dinkel" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dickes" and "Dinkel" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dickes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Dinkel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,068,596 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dickes" and "Dinkel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dinkel vs donkey". 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 #1,068,596 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.