DJ
[ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“DJ” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,599 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,599
- frequency rank, German
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Discjockey, Diskjockey
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) |
Where “DJ” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for DJ is 2 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,599 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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.
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Using “DJ”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-J - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “du” - see the side-by-side comparison. DJ vs du
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.