Dus vs DV, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#19,874
“Dus” frequency rank: #33,541
“DV” frequency rank: 53415
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Dus	DV
Definition	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Du	Deutsch-Verzeichnis

Letter map: Dus vs DV

Shared letters muted; letters that set Dus and DV apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

Dus

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for Dus / DV

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Dus is anoun and DVanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dus is recorded at frequency rank #19,874, classified as anoun, pronounced [duːs]. DV is at rank #33,541, tagged as anabbrev, 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 53415, this pair ranks #1,058,900 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Dus vs DV

Shared letters: d. Private to "Dus": su. Private to "DV": v.

"Dus" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "DV" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Dus" and "DV" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

In ordinary German text, does "Dus" or "DV" show up more?

"Dus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,874 in our German list, against #33,541 for "DV". 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 "Dus" and "DV". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "Dus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "DV" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,058,900 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Dus" and "DV" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DV vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,058,900 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.