digvsDUHWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dig is a unknown, DUH is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dig” is an unknown and “DUH” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,261
“dig” frequency rank
#38,693
“DUH” frequency rank
74954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dig DUH
Definition Akkusativ des Personalpronomens du Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.

Letter map: dig vs DUH

Shared letters muted; letters that set dig and DUH apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. dig and DUH follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
dig
3 ch
DUH

Part-of-speech tell for dig / DUH

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dig is anunknown and DUHanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dig is recorded at frequency rank #36,261, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈd̥ɑj]. DUH is at rank #38,693, tagged as anabbrev.

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 74954, this pair ranks #320,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dig vs DUH

Shared letters: d. Private to "dig": gi. Private to "DUH": hu.

"dig" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "DUH" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dig" for "DUH" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dig" is an unknown and "DUH" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "dig" or "DUH" show up more?
"dig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,261 in our German list, against #38,693 for "DUH". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "dig" vs "DUH" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "DUH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dig" and "DUH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DUH vs dusch". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #320,125 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