Dahl
[daːl]
The verdict
“Dahl” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,040
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Dorf in Goesdorf, Luxemburg
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahl · Dahl · German
Dahl · rank #38,040 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,040
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH cz
Nearest frequency peer: cz (-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 “Dahl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cupcakes
cupcakes
61,964 corpus weight
- cz
cz
61,962 corpus weight
- Dahl
Dahl
61,961 corpus weight
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Dampfmaschine
61,960 corpus weight
- Debütalbum
Debütalbum
61,959 corpus weight
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dekorieren
61,958 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dahl” 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 | Dahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [daːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Dahl” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Dahl (IPA [daːl]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,040 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Dorf in Goesdorf, Luxemburg".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dahl, with forms such as "adhl", "dahhl", and "dahll". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DH", "dl", "das", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dahl, spelled D-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1ein Dorf in Goesdorf, Luxemburg
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adhl
- dahhl
- dahll
- dalh
- ddahl
- dhal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dahl - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dahl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Dahl". Here's where to go from here.
- "Dahl" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "DH". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #38,040 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.