Duft vs DUH, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#8,850
“Duft” frequency rank: #38,693
“DUH” frequency rank: 47543
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Duft	DUH
Definition	ein angenehmer Geruch, der sich verbreitet oder ausgebracht wird; organische oder chemische Verbindung	Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.

Letter map: Duft vs DUH

Shared letters muted; letters that set Duft and DUH apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

Duft

3 ch

DUH

Role in the sentence - Duft and DUH

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Duft is anoun and DUHanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Duft is recorded at frequency rank #8,850, classified as anoun, pronounced [dʊft]. 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 47543, this pair ranks #1,280,614 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Duft vs DUH

Shared letters: du. Private to "Duft": ft. Private to "DUH": h.

"Duft" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "DUH" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Duft ← dduft · dfut · dufft · duftt · dutf · udft

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Duft" and "DUH" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Duft" is a noun and "DUH" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Duft" or "DUH"?

"Duft" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,850 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.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "Duft" 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 #1,280,614 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Duft" and "DUH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DUH 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 #1,280,614 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.