# DOC vs Ds

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### DOC
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #5,818*
Denominazione d'Origine Controllata – kontrollierte Herkunftsbezeichnung

### Ds
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #11,032*
chemisches Symbol für Darmstadtium

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/doc-vs-ds