dan
[ˈdaːn]
The verdict
“dan” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,415) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,415
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenaufgang und Sonnenuntergang; Tag
Corpus desk
Index DE-dan · dan · German
dan · rank #4,415 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,415
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Büchern
Nearest frequency peer: Büchern (-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 “dan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Blätter
Blätter
95,589 corpus weight
- Börse
Börse
95,588 corpus weight
- Büchern
Büchern
95,587 corpus weight
- dan
dan
95,586 corpus weight
- dicken
dicken
95,585 corpus weight
- doof
doof
95,583 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dan” 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 | dan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaːn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “dan” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dan is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "de", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈdaːn]. Frequency #4,415 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenaufgang und Sonnenuntergang; Tag".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dan, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "de", "do", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dan, spelled D-A-N.
Definition
- 1Zeitraum zwischen Sonnenaufgang und Sonnenuntergang; Tag
This word in other languages
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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- "dan" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "du". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #4,415 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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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.