DJ
[ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“DJ” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,599) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,599
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discjockey, Diskjockey
Corpus desk
Index DE-dj · DJ · German
DJ · rank #4,599 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,599
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH diesel
Nearest frequency peer: diesel (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „DJ“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Br
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95,405 corpus weight
- can
can
95,404 corpus weight
- diesel
diesel
95,403 corpus weight
- DJ
DJ
95,402 corpus weight
- Dokumentati…
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95,401 corpus weight
- drückt
drückt
95,400 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „DJ“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | DJ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #4,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „DJ“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for DJ is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "do", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯]. Frequency #4,599 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Discjockey, Diskjockey".
DJ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is DJ, spelled D-J.
Definition
- 1Discjockey, Diskjockey
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how DJ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute Abend tritt ein neuer DJ aus New York auf.
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.