DSV
[deːʔɛsˈfaʊ̯]
The verdict
“DSV” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,594) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,594
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deutscher Schwimmverband/Deutscher Schwimm-Verband
Corpus desk
Index DE-dsv · DSV · German
DSV · rank #34,594 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,594
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dunkelblau
Nearest frequency peer: dunkelblau (+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 „DSV“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- divers
divers
65,411 corpus weight
- dominierend…
dominierenden
65,410 corpus weight
- DSV
DSV
65,407 corpus weight
- dunkelblau
dunkelblau
65,406 corpus weight
- durchgreifen
durchgreifen
65,405 corpus weight
- Dülmen
Dülmen
65,404 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „DSV“ 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 | DSV |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [deːʔɛsˈfaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #34,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „DSV“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for DSV is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "DW", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [deːʔɛsˈfaʊ̯]. Frequency #34,594 among 2,764 “D” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for DSV, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "DW", "dz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is DSV, spelled D-S-V.
Definition
- 1Deutscher Schwimmverband/Deutscher Schwimm-Verband
- 2Deutscher Skiverband
- 3Deutscher Seglerverband/Deutscher Segler-Verband
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how DSV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„»Beim DSV passiert nichts. Beim DSV hat sich nichts verändert, und niemand will Veränderungen. Wir verschwenden viel Zeit, die wir nicht haben.«“
Der DSV schickte keinen Teilnehmer zur Olympia-Abfahrt der Männer nach Sotschi.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).