dak
[dɑk]
The verdict
“dak” is uncommon German (frequency #51,216 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,216
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɑk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dak” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dak is uncommon German at frequency #51,216 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɑk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dak, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dak, spelled D-A-K.
Definition
- 1obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach
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 “dak”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.