Dusche

/[ˈduːʃə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,604

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Dusche is aGermannoun. It means: Einrichtung, meist im Badezimmer, die das Wasser aus größerer Höhe auf den Körper fallen lässt und so das schnelle Waschen des Körpers erlaubt Pronounced [ˈduːʃə]. It ranks #4,604 in German word frequency. Often confused with Dutch and duschen.

Key facts for Dusche
PropertyValue
HeadwordDusche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈduːʃə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,604
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dusche is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈduːʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,604 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Dusche, with forms such as "ddusche", "dsuche", and "ducshe". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Dutch", "duschen", "Duschgel", 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 Dusche, spelled D-U-S-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einrichtung, meist im Badezimmer, die das Wasser aus größerer Höhe auf den Körper fallen lässt und so das schnelle Waschen des Körpers erlaubt
  2. 2
    der Vorgang des Waschens unter einer Dusche^([1])

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddusche,dsuche,ducshe,duscche,dusceh,duschhe,dushce,dussche,udsche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dusche

Misspelling Variants of "Dusche"

ddusche7dsuche6ducshe6duscche7dusceh6duschhe7dushce6dussche7
Misspelling Variants of "Dusche"

Frequency rank: #4,604 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dusche"?
"Dusche" is spelled D-U-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈduːʃə].
What does "Dusche" mean?
As a noun, "Dusche" means: Einrichtung, meist im Badezimmer, die das Wasser aus größerer Höhe auf den Körper fallen lässt und so das schnelle Waschen des Körpers erlaubt
What words are commonly confused with "Dusche"?
"Dusche" is commonly confused with "Dutch", "duschen", "Duschgel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dusche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dusche" is [ˈduːʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dusche" come from?
"Dusche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.