davonkommen

[daˈfɔnˌkɔmən]

/[daˈfɔnˌkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“davonkommen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,801. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,801
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einer bedrohlichen, prekären oder sonst unangenehmen Situation mit wenig Schaden herauskommen oder ohne Schaden zu erleiden

Corpus desk

Index DE-davonkommen · davonkommen · German

davonkommen · rank #43,801 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,801
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Datenaustausch

Nearest frequency peer: Datenaustausch (-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 „davonkommen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „davonkommen“ 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).

davonkommen vs davongekommen
85% similar

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

Key facts for davonkommen
PropertyValue
Headworddavonkommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[daˈfɔnˌkɔmən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#43,801
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „davonkommen“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Datenaustausch“ (#43,800), „Debian“ (#43,802), „Deeskalation“ (#43,803). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „davonkommen“ bei #43,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around davonkommen (IPA [daˈfɔnˌkɔmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,801 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aus einer bedrohlichen, prekären oder sonst unangenehmen Situation mit wenig Schaden herauskommen oder ohne Schaden zu erleiden".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for davonkommen, with forms such as "advonkommen", "daovnkommen", and "davnokommen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "davongekommen", 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 davonkommen, spelled D-A-V-O-N-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus einer bedrohlichen, prekären oder sonst unangenehmen Situation mit wenig Schaden herauskommen oder ohne Schaden zu erleiden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der zweite schwerverletzte Nationalsozialist dürfte auch kaum mit dem Leben davonkommen.“
  2. „Während ich mit der Mahnung, nie wieder zu lügen davonkam, mußte mein Bruderherz ohne Essen zu Bett gehen.“

Synonyms

entgehenentrinnenüberlebenüberstehen

This word in other languages

s'en sortir(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • advonkommen
  • daovnkommen
  • davnokommen
  • davoknommen
  • davonkkommen
  • davonkmomen
  • davonkomemn
  • davonkomen
  • davonkommenn
  • davonkommne
  • davonnkommen
  • davonokmmen
  • davvonkommen
  • ddavonkommen
  • dvaonkommen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

advonkommen2daovnkommen2davnokommen2davoknommen2davonkkommen1davonkmomen2davonkomemn2davonkomen1
Edit distance from "davonkommen"

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 "davonkommen"?
"davonkommen" is spelled D-A-V-O-N-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [daˈfɔnˌkɔmən].
What does "davonkommen" mean?
As a verb, "davonkommen" means: aus einer bedrohlichen, prekären oder sonst unangenehmen Situation mit wenig Schaden herauskommen oder ohne Schaden zu erleiden
What words are commonly confused with "davonkommen"?
"davonkommen" is commonly confused with "davongekommen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "davonkommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "davonkommen" is [daˈfɔnˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "davonkommen" come from?
"davonkommen" 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 "davonkommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

durchdachte#43,816dynamisches#43,817egoistische#43,821eingespeist#43,825

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Eisbrecher15 variantsentlegenen15 variantserhaltenes15 variantsbeispiellose15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list