Dallas

/[ˈdæləs]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,206

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Dallas is aGermanname. It means: Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Texas Pronounced [ˈdæləs]. Often confused with della and Dollar.

Key facts for Dallas
PropertyValue
HeadwordDallas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈdæləs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,206
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Dallas in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dallas is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdæləs]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,206 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Texas".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dallas, with forms such as "adllas", "dalals", and "dalas". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "della", "Dollar", "Dollars", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dallas, spelled D-A-L-L-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Texas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adllas,dalals,dalas,dallass,dallsa,ddallas,dlalas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dallas

Misspelling Variants of "Dallas"

adllas6dalals6dalas5dallass7dallsa6ddallas7dlalas6
Misspelling Variants of "Dallas"

Frequency rank: #11,206 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dallas"?
"Dallas" is spelled D-A-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdæləs].
What does "Dallas" mean?
As a name, "Dallas" means: Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Texas
What words are commonly confused with "Dallas"?
"Dallas" is commonly confused with "della", "Dollar", "Dollars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dallas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dallas" is [ˈdæləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dallas" come from?
"Dallas" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.