Which to use
“district” is a noun and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,150
- “district” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 28474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | district | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bezirk, Distrikt, Gebiet | von |
Letter map: district vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set district and of apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - district and of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: district is anoun and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
district is recorded at frequency rank #28,150, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, pronounced […].
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 28474, this pair ranks #1,784,133 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of district vs of
Shared letters: none. Private to "district": cdirst. Private to "of": fo.
"district" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- district ← ddistrict · disrtict · disstrict · distirct · distrcit · districct · districtt · distritc
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "district" and "of" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "district" or "of" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "district" and "of". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "district" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,784,133 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "district" and "of" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "district vs puzzles". 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 #1,784,133 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.