dalla
[ˈdalla]
The verdict
“dalla” is uncommon German (frequency #77,831 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,831
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Verschmelzung der Präposition da mit dem bestimmten Artikel la
Corpus desk
Index DE-dalla · dalla · German
dalla · rank #77,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,831
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dahlia
Nearest frequency peer: dahlia (-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 “dalla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- crusader
crusader
22,179 corpus weight
- dagger
dagger
22,172 corpus weight
- dahlia
dahlia
22,171 corpus weight
- dalla
dalla
22,170 corpus weight
- Damentoilet…
Damentoilette
22,169 corpus weight
- debate
debate
22,163 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dalla” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dalla |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈdalla] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dalla” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dalla is uncommon German at frequency #77,831 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [ˈdalla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verschmelzung der Präposition da mit dem bestimmten Artikel la".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dalla, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dalla, spelled D-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Verschmelzung der Präposition da mit dem bestimmten Artikel la
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.