Damen

[ˈdaːmən]

/[ˈdaːmən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Damen” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,411
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Dame

Corpus desk

Index DE-damen · Damen · German

Damen · rank #1,411 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,411
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bremen

Nearest frequency peer: Bremen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Damen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Damen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Damen vs den
40% similar
Damen vs dan
40% similar
Damen vs dann
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Damen
PropertyValue
HeadwordDamen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdaːmən]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,411
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Damen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Damenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bremen“ (#1,410), „Diskussion“ (#1,412), „bewusst“ (#1,409). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Damen“ bei #1,411. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Damen (IPA [ˈdaːmən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,411 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Damen, with forms such as "admen", "daemn", and "damenn". 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, "den", "dan", "dann", and more, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Damen, spelled D-A-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Dame
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Dame
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Dame
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Dame

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • admen
  • daemn
  • damenn
  • dammen
  • damne
  • ddamen
  • dmaen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Damen - 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.

admen2daemn2damenn1dammen1damne2ddamen1dmaen2
Edit distance from "Damen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Damen"?
"Damen" is spelled D-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaːmən].
What does "Damen" mean?
As a noun, "Damen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Dame
What words are commonly confused with "Damen"?
"Damen" is commonly confused with "den", "dan", "dann". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Damen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Damen" is [ˈdaːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Damen" come from?
"Damen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Damen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wirkt#1,406Ideen#1,422könne#1,423hielt#1,392

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

rennen7 variantshalte7 variantsDavid7 variantsHände7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list