davor

/[daˈfoːɐ̯]/ adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,762

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

davor is anGermanadv. It means: Adverbiale Bestimmung des Ortes: räumlich vor etwas anderem gelegen Pronounced [daˈfoːɐ̯]. It ranks #1,762 in German word frequency. Often confused with dor and door.

Key facts for davor
PropertyValue
Headworddavor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[daˈfoːɐ̯]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,762
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for davor is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daˈfoːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,762 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 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 davor, with forms such as "advor", "daovr", and "davorr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "dor", "door", "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 davor, spelled D-A-V-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adverbiale Bestimmung des Ortes: räumlich vor etwas anderem gelegen
  2. 2
    Adverbiale Bestimmung der Zeit: zeitlich vor etwas anderem gelegen, früher; vor dem geraden Erwähnten
  3. 3
    Stellvertretend für eine bekannte Sache
  4. 4
    regional trennbar in Bedeutung [3]

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: advor,daovr,davorr,davro,davvor,ddavor,dvaor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for davor

Misspelling Variants of "davor"

advor5daovr5davorr6davro5davvor6ddavor6dvaor5
Misspelling Variants of "davor"

Frequency rank: #1,762 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "davor"?
"davor" is spelled D-A-V-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [daˈfoːɐ̯].
What does "davor" mean?
As an adv, "davor" means: Adverbiale Bestimmung des Ortes: räumlich vor etwas anderem gelegen
What words are commonly confused with "davor"?
"davor" is commonly confused with "dor", "door", "davy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "davor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "davor" is [daˈfoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "davor" come from?
"davor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby German words

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

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.