deu

[dɛw]

/[dɛw]/ num

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The verdict

“deu” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,509) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#30,509
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zehn, die Kardinalzahl zwischen neun und elf

Corpus desk

Index DE-deu · deu · German

deu · rank #30,509 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,509
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Demographie

Nearest frequency peer: Demographie (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „deu“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „deu“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

deu vs du
67% similar
deu vs do
33% similar
deu vs dm
33% similar

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

Key facts for deu
PropertyValue
Headworddeu
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[dɛw]
Letters3
Frequency rank#30,509
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „deu“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).deuliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Demographie“ (#30,508), „Decks“ (#30,507), „Dienstwagen“ (#30,511). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „deu“ bei #30,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for deu is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "do", …), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced [dɛw]. Frequency #30,509 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "zehn, die Kardinalzahl zwischen neun und elf".

No generated misspelling entries exist for deu in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "do", "dm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is deu, spelled D-E-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    zehn, die Kardinalzahl zwischen neun und elf

This word in other languages

ten(English)diez(Español)dix(Français)

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 "deu"?
"deu" is spelled D-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is [dɛw].
What does "deu" mean?
As a numeral, "deu" means: zehn, die Kardinalzahl zwischen neun und elf
What words are commonly confused with "deu"?
"deu" is commonly confused with "du", "do", "dm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deu" is [dɛw]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deu" come from?
"deu" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dal#30,502edi#30,519BFV#30,483Asa#30,445

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list