Which to use
“DVD” is an abbrev and “DVDs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,113
- “DVD” frequency rank
- #14,046
- “DVDs” frequency rank
- 18159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | DVD | DVDs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | einer CD ähnliche Speicherplatte für Audio- und Videosignale mit höherer Speicherkapazität | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs DVD |
Where the eye mixes DVD and DVDs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: DVD vs DVDs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: DVD is [deːfaʊ̯ˈdeː] while DVDs is [defaʊ̯ˈdeːs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “DVD” sits inside “DVDs”, and the parts of speech differ too (abbrev vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
DVD is recorded at frequency rank #4,113, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [deːfaʊ̯ˈdeː]. DVDs is at rank #14,046, tagged as anoun, pronounced [defaʊ̯ˈdeːs].
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 18159, this pair ranks #1,920,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of DVD vs DVDs
Shared letters: dv. Private to "DVD": -. Private to "DVDs": s.
"DVD" · 3 letters · shape CCC · "DVDs" · 4 letters · shape CCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- DVDs ← ddvds · ddvs · dvdds · dvdss · dvsd · dvvds · vdds
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "DVD" and "DVDs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "DVD" or "DVDs"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "DVD" and "DVDs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "DVD" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "DVDs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,920,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "DVD" and "DVDs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dudes vs DVDs". 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 #1,920,854 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.