3D
[ˌdʁaɪ̯ˈdeː]
The verdict
“3D” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #4,675) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,675
- frequency rank, German
- 2
- letters
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dreidimensional, 3-D-Format
Corpus desk
Index DE-3d · 3D · German
3D · rank #4,675 · 0 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #4,675
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "3" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH ältesten
Nearest frequency peer: ältesten (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „3D“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- zusammengef…
zusammengefasst
95,329 corpus weight
- ältesten
ältesten
95,327 corpus weight
- 3D
3D
95,326 corpus weight
- angepasst
angepasst
95,325 corpus weight
- aufbauen
aufbauen
95,324 corpus weight
- aufeinander
aufeinander
95,323 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „3D“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 3D |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˌdʁaɪ̯ˈdeː] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #4,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „3D“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for 3D is neighbouring look-alikes ("3"), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˌdʁaɪ̯ˈdeː]. Frequency #4,675. Gloss: "dreidimensional, 3-D-Format".
3D has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "3", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is 3D, spelled 3-D.
Definition
- 1dreidimensional, 3-D-Format
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 3D appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Filme in 3D erfreuen sich großer Beliebtheit.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.