davor
[daˈfoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“davor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,762
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adverbiale Bestimmung des Ortes: räumlich vor etwas anderem gelegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-davor · davor · German
davor · rank #1,762 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,762
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dauert
Nearest frequency peer: dauert (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “davor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Aussage
Aussage
98,242 corpus weight
- besonderen
besonderen
98,241 corpus weight
- dauert
dauert
98,240 corpus weight
- davor
davor
98,239 corpus weight
- Dortmund
Dortmund
98,238 corpus weight
- eigenes
eigenes
98,237 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “davor” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | davor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [daˈfoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “davor” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around davor (IPA [daˈfoːɐ̯]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,762 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for davor, with forms such as "advor", "daovr", and "davorr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is davor, spelled D-A-V-O-R.
Definition
- 1Adverbiale Bestimmung des Ortes: räumlich vor etwas anderem gelegen
- 2Adverbiale Bestimmung der Zeit: zeitlich vor etwas anderem gelegen, früher; vor dem geraden Erwähnten
- 3Stellvertretend für eine bekannte Sache
- 4regional trennbar in Bedeutung [3]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how davor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie sahen das große Gebäude. Davor stand eine Siegessäule.
Davor habe ich gesagt, nicht dahinter! Da sieht es ja keiner!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- advor
- daovr
- davorr
- davro
- davvor
- ddavor
- dvaor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of davor - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "davor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "davor" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dor". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,762 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.