dialogue

[dia.lɔɡ]

/[dia.lɔɡ]/ noun

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The verdict

“dialogue” is uncommon German (frequency #92,772 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,772
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dialog, Zwiegespräch, Wechselrede

Corpus desk

Index DE-dialogue · dialogue · German

dialogue · rank #92,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,772
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • 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 „dialogue“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dialogue
PropertyValue
Headworddialogue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dia.lɔɡ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dialogue“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.dialoguefällt 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), „DHA“ (#92,770), „Dienstausweis“ (#92,774). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dialogue“ bei #92,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dialogue is uncommon German at frequency #92,772 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dia.lɔɡ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dialog, Zwiegespräch, Wechselrede".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dialogue, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dialogue, spelled D-I-A-L-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dialog, Zwiegespräch, Wechselrede

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 "dialogue"?
"dialogue" is spelled D-I-A-L-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dia.lɔɡ].
What does "dialogue" mean?
As a noun, "dialogue" means: Dialog, Zwiegespräch, Wechselrede
How do you pronounce "dialogue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dialogue" is [dia.lɔɡ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dialogue" come from?
"dialogue" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list