dato

[ˈdaːto]

/[ˈdaːto]/ adv

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The verdict

“dato” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,631
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am heutigen Tag

Corpus desk

Index DE-dato · dato · German

dato · rank #10,631 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,631
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Denis

Nearest frequency peer: Denis (+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 „dato“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „dato“ 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).

dato vs do
50% similar
dato vs day
50% similar
dato vs DAX
0% similar

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

Key facts for dato
PropertyValue
Headworddato
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈdaːto]
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,631
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „dato“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).datoliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Denis“ (#10,632), „Controller“ (#10,629), „dergleichen“ (#10,633). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dato“ bei #10,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dato (IPA [ˈdaːto]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #10,631 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dato, with forms such as "adto", "daot", and "datto". 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, "do", "day", "DAX", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dato, spelled D-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    am heutigen Tag
  2. 2
    von einem gewissen Zeitpunkt; in den Wendungen »bis dato« (bis heute, bisher) und »nach dato« (nach einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt)
  3. 3
    binnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Vertrag ist ab dato gültig.
  2. Der Terminus […] ist nach dato gültigem Recht so anzuwenden.

Synonyms

heute

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adto
  • daot
  • datto
  • ddato
  • dtao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dato - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

adto2daot2datto1ddato1dtao2
Edit distance from "dato"

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 "dato"?
"dato" is spelled D-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaːto].
What does "dato" mean?
As an adverb, "dato" means: am heutigen Tag
What words are commonly confused with "dato"?
"dato" is commonly confused with "do", "day", "DAX". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dato" is [ˈdaːto]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dato" come from?
"dato" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list