DHA

abbrev

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The verdict

“DHA” is uncommon German (frequency #92,770 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,770
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-dha · DHA · German

DHA · rank #92,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,770
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dialektologie

Nearest frequency peer: Dialektologie (+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 „DHA“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for DHA
PropertyValue
HeadwordDHA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#92,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „DHA“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dialektologie“ (#92,771), „dialogue“ (#92,772), „Determinanten“ (#92,766). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „DHA“ bei #92,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

DHA is uncommon German at frequency #92,770 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for DHA in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is DHA, spelled D-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Docosahexaenoic acid
  2. 2
    Dehydroascorbic acid
  3. 3
    Dihydroxyaceton

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Docosahexaensäure (DHA) ist eine mehrfach ungesättigte Fettsäure.

This word in other languages

DHA(English)

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 "DHA"?
"DHA" is spelled D-H-A.
What does "DHA" mean?
As an abbreviation, "DHA" means: Docosahexaenoic acid
What language does "DHA" come from?
"DHA" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

BKS#92,706BGR#92,697BFI#92,696Beo#92,663

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list