duchvsduosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: duch is a noun, duos is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“duch” is a noun and “duos” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,829
“duch” frequency rank
#27,688
“duos” frequency rank
76517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature duch duos
Definition gedankliche, nicht körperliche Eigenschaften des Menschen: Geist Akkusativ Plural Maskulin der Kardinalzahl duo

Letter map: duch vs duos

Shared letters muted; letters that set duch and duos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
duch
4 ch
duos

Grammar separator: duch vs duos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: duch is anoun and duosanum. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

duch is recorded at frequency rank #48,829, classified as anoun, pronounced [dʊx]. duos is at rank #27,688, tagged as anum, 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 76517, this pair ranks #282,069 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of duch vs duos

Shared letters: du. Private to "duch": ch. Private to "duos": os.

"duch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "duos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • duchdcuh · dduch · ducch · duchh · duhc · udch
  • duosdduos · dous · duoss · duso · udos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "duch" and "duos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "duch" is a noun and "duos" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "duch" or "duos" show up more?
"duos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,688 in our German list, against #48,829 for "duch". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "duch" and "duos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "duch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "duos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,069 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "duch" and "duos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duch vs dusch". 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 #282,069 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