DGS
[deːɡeːˈʔɛs]
The verdict
“DGS” is uncommon German (frequency #85,115 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,115
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deutsche Gebärdensprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-dgs · DGS · German
DGS · rank #85,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,115
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH devoten
Nearest frequency peer: devoten (-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 “DGS”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Deuter
Deuter
14,889 corpus weight
- developing
developing
14,888 corpus weight
- devoten
devoten
14,887 corpus weight
- DGS
DGS
14,886 corpus weight
- Dienstherren
Dienstherren
14,885 corpus weight
- Dienstvertr…
Dienstvertrag
14,883 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “DGS” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DGS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [deːɡeːˈʔɛs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “DGS” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
DGS is uncommon German at frequency #85,115 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [deːɡeːˈʔɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for DGS in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is DGS, spelled D-G-S.
Definition
- 1Deutsche Gebärdensprache
- 2Deutsche Gehörlosensprache
- 3Deutsche Gesellschaft für Senologie
- 4Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- 5Deutsche Gesellschaft für Suchtmedizin
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.