davon

/[daˈfɔn]/ adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#241

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

davon is anGermanadv. It means: Bezugnahme auf einen bestimmten Ort; Entfernung ab da oder Ablösung, Trennung, Befreiung von dort Pronounced [daˈfɔn]. It ranks #241 in German word frequency. Often confused with don and dawn.

Key facts for davon
PropertyValue
Headworddavon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[daˈfɔn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#241
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for davon is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daˈfɔn]. Corpus data places it at rank #241 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for davon, with forms such as "advon", "daovn", and "davno". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "don", "dawn", "davy", 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 davon, spelled D-A-V-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bezugnahme auf einen bestimmten Ort; Entfernung ab da oder Ablösung, Trennung, Befreiung von dort
  2. 2
    Bezugnahme auf einen bestimmten, abgesonderten Teil von etwas Zusammengehörigem
  3. 3
    Bezugnahme auf Grund und Ursache
  4. 4
    Bezugnahme auf das Material, die Komponenten, aus denen etwas gemacht ist
  5. 5
    Bezugnahme auf Verhältnisse, Zustände, Ereignisse, Handlungen
  6. 6
    Bezugnahme auf etwas, das sich in Sichtweite befindet, auf das man zeigt
  7. 7
    Bezugnahme auf Abstraktes

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: advon,daovn,davno,davonn,davvon,ddavon,dvaon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for davon

Misspelling Variants of "davon"

advon5daovn5davno5davonn6davvon6ddavon6dvaon5
Misspelling Variants of "davon"

Frequency rank: #241 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "davon"?
"davon" is spelled D-A-V-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [daˈfɔn].
What does "davon" mean?
As an adv, "davon" means: Bezugnahme auf einen bestimmten Ort; Entfernung ab da oder Ablösung, Trennung, Befreiung von dort
What words are commonly confused with "davon"?
"davon" is commonly confused with "don", "dawn", "davy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "davon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "davon" is [daˈfɔn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "davon" come from?
"davon" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index:

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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.