Dialog

/[diaˈloːk]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,949

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Dialog is aGermannoun. It means: Zwiegespräch, Gespräch mit anderen Pronounced [diaˈloːk]. It ranks #3,949 in German word frequency. Often confused with Diplom and Dialoge.

Key facts for Dialog
PropertyValue
HeadwordDialog
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[diaˈloːk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,949
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Dialog in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dialog is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diaˈloːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,949 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Dialog, with forms such as "dailog", "ddialog", and "dialgo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Diplom", "Dialoge", "Dialogs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dialog, spelled D-I-A-L-O-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zwiegespräch, Gespräch mit anderen
  2. 2
    schriftliche Sammlung von Gesprächen, Drehbuch
  3. 3
    spezielles, nichtprimäres Fenster einer Anwendung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dailog,ddialog,dialgo,diallog,dialogg,diaolg,dilaog,idalog

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dialog

Misspelling Variants of "Dialog"

dailog6ddialog7dialgo6diallog7dialogg7diaolg6dilaog6idalog6
Misspelling Variants of "Dialog"

Frequency rank: #3,949 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dialog"?
"Dialog" is spelled D-I-A-L-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [diaˈloːk].
What does "Dialog" mean?
As a noun, "Dialog" means: Zwiegespräch, Gespräch mit anderen
What words are commonly confused with "Dialog"?
"Dialog" is commonly confused with "Diplom", "Dialoge", "Dialogs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dialog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dialog" is [diaˈloːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dialog" come from?
"Dialog" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.