DH
[ð(ə)]
The verdict
“DH” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,256) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #17,256
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sechster Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)
Corpus desk
Index DE-dh · DH · German
DH · rank #17,256 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,256
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Diagramm
Nearest frequency peer: Diagramm (+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 “DH”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- COP
COP
82,748 corpus weight
- Dachboden
Dachboden
82,747 corpus weight
- DH
DH
82,745 corpus weight
- Diagramm
Diagramm
82,744 corpus weight
- Dienststelle
Dienststelle
82,743 corpus weight
- Dirndl
Dirndl
82,742 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “DH” 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 | DH |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | [ð(ə)] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #17,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “DH” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for DH is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "do", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced [ð(ə)]. Frequency #17,256 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "sechster Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for DH in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is DH, spelled D-H.
Definition
- 1sechster Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets (Großschrift)
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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- "DH" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "du". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #17,256 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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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.