DNS
[ˌdeːʔɛnˈʔɛs]
The verdict
“DNS” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,890) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,890
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Desoxyribonukleinsäure
Corpus desk
Index DE-dns · DNS · German
DNS · rank #12,890 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,890
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH diamanten
Nearest frequency peer: diamanten (-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 „DNS“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Clans
Clans
87,114 corpus weight
- detailliert
detailliert
87,113 corpus weight
- diamanten
diamanten
87,112 corpus weight
- DNS
DNS
87,111 corpus weight
- dritt
dritt
87,110 corpus weight
- eingebrochen
eingebrochen
87,109 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „DNS“ 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 | DNS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˌdeːʔɛnˈʔɛs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #12,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „DNS“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for DNS is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "do", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˌdeːʔɛnˈʔɛs]. Frequency #12,890 among 2,764 “D” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
DNS has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "do", "Ds", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is DNS, spelled D-N-S.
Definition
- 1Desoxyribonukleinsäure
- 2Direkte Numerische Simulation
- 3Domain Name System
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how DNS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die DNS ist ein Makromolekül, das in Lebewesen als Träger der Erbinformation dient.
„So liefert der Abgleich archaischer DNS mit dem Erbgut heutiger Menschen Aufschluss über deren Abstammungs- und Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "DNS", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).