Dachdecker
[ˈdaxˌdɛkɐ]
The verdict
“Dachdecker” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,534 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,534
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handwerker, der ein Dach errichtet, die Eindeckung, Abdichtung und Dämmung eines Daches ausführt und Dachfenster und Solarzellen anbringt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dachdecker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaxˌdɛkɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dachdecker” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dachdecker is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaxˌdɛkɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,534 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Handwerker, der ein Dach errichtet, die Eindeckung, Abdichtung und Dämmung eines Daches ausführt und Dachfenster und Solarzellen anbringt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dachdecker, with forms such as "adchdecker", "dacchdecker", and "dacdhecker". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dachdecker, spelled D-A-C-H-D-E-C-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Handwerker, der ein Dach errichtet, die Eindeckung, Abdichtung und Dämmung eines Daches ausführt und Dachfenster und Solarzellen anbringt
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adchdecker,dacchdecker,dacdhecker,dachdceker,dachddecker,dachdeccker,dachdecekr,dachdeckerr,dachdeckker,dachdeckre,dachdekcer,dachedcker,dachhdecker,dahcdecker,dcahdecker,ddachdecker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dachdecker - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Dachdecker”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-C-H-D-E-C-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdaxˌdɛkɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.