Dachs
[daks]
The verdict
“Dachs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,671. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,671
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - ein Säugetier mit grauem Fell und markanter weiß-schwarzer Fellzeichnung am Kopf, das in den europäischen Wäldern anzutreffen ist; der Europäische Dachs
Corpus desk
Index DE-dachs · Dachs · German
Dachs · rank #27,671 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,671
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH customer
Nearest frequency peer: customer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dachs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cost
cost
72,333 corpus weight
- Curt
Curt
72,332 corpus weight
- customer
customer
72,331 corpus weight
- Dachs
Dachs
72,330 corpus weight
- Darts
Darts
72,328 corpus weight
- Dativ
Dativ
72,327 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dachs” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Dachs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [daks] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dachs” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Dachs (IPA [daks]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,671 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dachs, with forms such as "adchs", "dacchs", and "dachhs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "das", "dass", "doch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Dachs, spelled D-A-C-H-S.
Definition
- 1ein Säugetier mit grauem Fell und markanter weiß-schwarzer Fellzeichnung am Kopf, das in den europäischen Wäldern anzutreffen ist; der Europäische Dachs
- 2eine Unterfamilie der Marder, welcher der Dachs [1] angehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dachs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bevorzugtes Habitat sind Wälder, seltener trifft man den Dachs in städtischen Parks.“
„Er sah, wie der weißleuchtende Schwanz eines Dachses vorüberhuschte, das Fell von Dornen durchsetzt und vom Wind zerzaust.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adchs
- dacchs
- dachhs
- dachss
- dacsh
- dahcs
- dcahs
- ddachs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dachs - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dachs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.