Deus
The verdict
“Deus” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,819
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gott (des Christentums)
Corpus desk
Index DE-deus · Deus · German
Deus · rank #26,819 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,819
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dehnen
Nearest frequency peer: dehnen (-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 „Deus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dachverband
Dachverband
73,187 corpus weight
- Damian
Damian
73,185 corpus weight
- dea
dea
73,184 corpus weight
- dehnen
dehnen
73,183 corpus weight
- Deus
Deus
73,182 corpus weight
- DG
DG
73,180 corpus weight
What this shows „Deus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Deus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Deus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Deus, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,819 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gott (des Christentums)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Deus, with forms such as "ddeus", "desu", and "deuss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "Ds", "duo", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Deus, spelled D-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Gott (des Christentums)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Deus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram (Genesis 1,1)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeus
- desu
- deuss
- dues
- edus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Deus - 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 "Deus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).