Dada
[ˈdada]
The verdict
“Dada” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #35,134) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #35,134
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - literarische und künstlerische Bewegung, unter dem Einfluss der Geschehnisse einsetzend während des 1. Weltkrieges, die sich gegen die bürgerliche Kultur stellt, um einen neuen Anfang zu ermöglichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dada · Dada · German
Dada · rank #35,134 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,134
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Darstellern
Nearest frequency peer: Darstellern (+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 “Dada”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chocolate
chocolate
64,870 corpus weight
- Dada
Dada
64,867 corpus weight
- Darstellern
Darstellern
64,866 corpus weight
- deponiert
deponiert
64,865 corpus weight
- dirigieren
dirigieren
64,864 corpus weight
- Diskothek
Diskothek
64,863 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dada” 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 | Dada |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdada] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #35,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dada” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Dada is neighbouring look-alikes ("das", "DDR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈdada]. Frequency #35,134 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Gloss: "literarische und künstlerische Bewegung, unter dem Einfluss der Geschehnisse einsetzend während des 1. Weltkrieges, die sich gegen die bürgerliche Kultur stellt, um einen neuen Anfang zu ermöglichen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dada, with forms such as "adda", "dadda", and "ddaa". 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", "DDR", "dar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 Dada, spelled D-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1literarische und künstlerische Bewegung, unter dem Einfluss der Geschehnisse einsetzend während des 1. Weltkrieges, die sich gegen die bürgerliche Kultur stellt, um einen neuen Anfang zu ermöglichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dada wurde im Frühjahr 1916 von den Herren Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, Hans Arp, Marcel Janko und Richard Huelsenbeck in einer kleinen Kneipe, dem ‚Cabaret Voltaire‘, gegründet.“
„Dada war nicht eine Kunstbewegung im herkömmlichen Sinn, es war ein Gewitter, das über die Kunst jener Zeit hereinbrach wie der Krieg über die Völker.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adda
- dadda
- ddaa
- ddada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 May 6, 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 "Dada", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.