dos à dos
[ˌdoːzaˈdoː]
The verdict
“dos à dos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rücken an Rücken
Corpus desk
Index DE-dos-a-dos · dos à dos · German
dos à dos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dos à dos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌdoːzaˈdoː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dos à dos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dos à dos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌdoːzaˈdoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rücken an Rücken".
dos à dos has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dos à dos, spelled D-O-S- -À- -D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Rücken an Rücken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dos à dos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Fond des Autobusses nahm ich Platz, dos à dos mit dem Chauffeur.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.