Which to use
“duke” is a particle and “dunkle” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,578
- “duke” frequency rank
- #3,951
- “dunkle” frequency rank
- 17529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duke | dunkle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | - | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkel |
Letter map: duke vs dunkle
Shared letters muted; letters that set duke and dunkle apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for duke / dunkle
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: duke is aparticle and dunkleanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duke is recorded at frequency rank #13,578, classified as aparticle, pronounced […]. dunkle is at rank #3,951, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʊŋklə].
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 17529, this pair ranks #1,926,585 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of duke vs dunkle
Shared letters: deku. Private to "duke": -. Private to "dunkle": ln.
"duke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dunkle" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "duke" and "dunkle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "duke" vs "dunkle" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "duke" vs "dunkle" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "duke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dunkle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,926,585 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duke" and "dunkle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duke 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 #1,926,585 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.