dies
[diːs]
The verdict
“dies” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #219
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - adverbialer Gebrauch, um ein ganz bestimmtes, nahe liegendes Nomen hervorzuheben
Corpus desk
Index DE-dies · dies · German
dies · rank #219 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #219
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH unsere
Nearest frequency peer: unsere (-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 “dies”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- neuen
neuen
99,785 corpus weight
- seinem
seinem
99,784 corpus weight
- unsere
unsere
99,783 corpus weight
- dies
dies
99,782 corpus weight
- etwa
etwa
99,781 corpus weight
- jeder
jeder
99,780 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dies” 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 | dies |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [diːs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dies” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dies (IPA [diːs]), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #219 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "adverbialer Gebrauch, um ein ganz bestimmtes, nahe liegendes Nomen hervorzuheben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dies, with forms such as "ddies", "deis", and "diess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "DIN", "DNS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 dies, spelled D-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1adverbialer Gebrauch, um ein ganz bestimmtes, nahe liegendes Nomen hervorzuheben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dies ist mein Bruder.
Ich möchte aber diesen haben.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddies
- deis
- diess
- dise
- ides
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dies - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dies", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.