DungvsduosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#45,866
“Dung” frequency rank
#27,688
“duos” frequency rank
73554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dung duos
Definition ein Gemisch von Fäkalien zum Fördern des Wachstums von (Nutz-)Pflanzen Akkusativ Plural Maskulin der Kardinalzahl duo

Letter map: Dung vs duos

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

4 ch
Dung
4 ch
duos

Grammar separator: Dung vs duos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Dung 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 73554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dung is recorded at frequency rank #45,866, classified as anoun, pronounced [dʊŋ]. 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 73554, this pair ranks #357,255 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Dung vs duos

Shared letters: du. Private to "Dung": gn. Private to "duos": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Dungddung · dnug · dugn · dungg · dunng · udng
  • duosdduos · dous · duoss · duso · udos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Dung" for "duos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Dung" is a noun and "duos" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Dung" 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 #45,866 for "Dung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Dung" and "duos".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dung" 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 #357,255 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dung" and "duos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duch vs Dung". 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 #357,255 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