danach

/[daˈnaːx]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#428

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

danach is anGermanadv. It means: zeitlich hinter Vorangegangenem Pronounced [daˈnaːx]. It ranks #428 in German word frequency. Often confused with dance and demnach.

Key facts for danach
PropertyValue
Headworddanach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[daˈnaːx]
Letters6
Frequency rank#428
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for danach is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daˈnaːx]. Corpus data places it at rank #428 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zeitlich hinter Vorangegangenem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for danach, with forms such as "adnach", "daanch", and "danacch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dance", "demnach", "Dänisch", 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 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 danach, spelled D-A-N-A-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zeitlich hinter Vorangegangenem

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adnach,daanch,danacch,danachh,danahc,dancah,dannach,ddanach,dnaach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for danach

Misspelling Variants of "danach"

adnach6daanch6danacch7danachh7danahc6dancah6dannach7ddanach7
Misspelling Variants of "danach"

Frequency rank: #428 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "danach"?
"danach" is spelled D-A-N-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [daˈnaːx].
What does "danach" mean?
As an adv, "danach" means: zeitlich hinter Vorangegangenem
What words are commonly confused with "danach"?
"danach" is commonly confused with "dance", "demnach", "Dänisch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "danach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "danach" is [daˈnaːx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "danach" come from?
"danach" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.