doe

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The verdict

“doe” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,000) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#33,000
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hirschkuh: ein weiblicher Hirsch

Corpus desk

Index DE-doe · doe · German

doe · rank #33,000 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,000
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH diskriminiere…

Nearest frequency peer: diskriminierend (-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 „doe“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „doe“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

doe vs du
33% similar
doe vs Ds
0% similar
doe vs DW
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for doe
PropertyValue
Headworddoe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#33,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „doe“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).doeliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „diskriminierend“ (#32,999), „dolce“ (#33,001), „diskreditieren“ (#32,998). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „doe“ bei #33,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for doe is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "Ds", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced […]. Frequency #33,000 among 2,764 “D” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for doe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "Ds", "DW", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is doe, spelled D-O-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hirschkuh: ein weiblicher Hirsch
  2. 2
    Rehgeiß, Ricke: ein weibliches Reh
  3. 3
    Häsin: ein weiblicher Hase
  4. 4
    Zicke: weibliche Ziege

Antonyms

buck

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 "doe"?
"doe" is spelled D-O-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "doe" mean?
As a noun, "doe" means: Hirschkuh: ein weiblicher Hirsch
What words are commonly confused with "doe"?
"doe" is commonly confused with "du", "Ds", "DW". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doe" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doe" come from?
"doe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

een#33,012ago#32,897wet#32,867USS#32,833

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list