DAG
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The verdict
“DAG” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,359) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,359
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abkürzung für Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-dag · DAG · German
DAG · rank #26,359 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,359
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Deich
Nearest frequency peer: Deich (+2 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 “DAG”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- communities
communities
73,648 corpus weight
- compliance
compliance
73,646 corpus weight
- DAG
DAG
73,642 corpus weight
- Deich
Deich
73,640 corpus weight
- Dock
Dock
73,637 corpus weight
- Donezk
Donezk
73,636 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “DAG” 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 | DAG |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #26,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “DAG” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for DAG is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "de", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #26,359 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Abkürzung für Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for DAG, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "de", "do", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 DAG, spelled D-A-G.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how DAG appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die DAG ist mit anderen Gewerkschaften zu ver.di fusioniert.
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 "DAG", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.