Dose

/[ˈdoːzə]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,345

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Dose is aGermannoun. It means: kleiner Behälter mit Deckel zur Aufbewahrung von Objekten Pronounced [ˈdoːzə]. It ranks #8,345 in German word frequency. Often confused with Ds and DSL.

Key facts for Dose
PropertyValue
HeadwordDose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdoːzə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,345
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Dose in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dose is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdoːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,345 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Dose, with forms such as "ddose", "dosse", and "dsoe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "DSL", "due", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dose, spelled D-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Behälter mit Deckel zur Aufbewahrung von Objekten
  2. 2
    Autos von Fahrrad- und Motorradfahrern
  3. 3
    Bezeichnung der primären weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane
  4. 4
    Behältnis für elektrische Verbindungen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddose,dosse,dsoe,odse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dose

Misspelling Variants of "Dose"

ddose5dosse5dsoe4odse4
Misspelling Variants of "Dose"

Frequency rank: #8,345 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dose"?
"Dose" is spelled D-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdoːzə].
What does "Dose" mean?
As a noun, "Dose" means: kleiner Behälter mit Deckel zur Aufbewahrung von Objekten
What words are commonly confused with "Dose"?
"Dose" is commonly confused with "Ds", "DSL", "due". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dose" is [ˈdoːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dose" come from?
"Dose" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.