DBA

abbrev

The verdict

“DBA” is uncommon German (frequency #63,221 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,221
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-dba · DBA · German

DBA · rank #63,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,221
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dayton

Nearest frequency peer: Dayton (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „DBA“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „DBA“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for DBA
PropertyValue
HeadwordDBA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#63,221
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „DBA“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.DBAfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dayton“ (#63,220), „Dauerkarte“ (#63,219), „Denkmuster“ (#63,223). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „DBA“ bei #63,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

DBA is uncommon German at frequency #63,221 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen".

DBA has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is DBA, spelled D-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pendler, die sich häufig in Deutschland und in der Schweiz aufhalten, können sich im DBA Deutschland–Schweiz darüber informieren, in welchem Land sie Steuern zahlen müssen.

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 "DBA"?
"DBA" is spelled D-B-A.
What does "DBA" mean?
As an abbreviation, "DBA" means: Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen
What language does "DBA" come from?
"DBA" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list