dust
[dʌst]
The verdict
“dust” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,871
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staub
Corpus desk
Index DE-dust · dust · German
dust · rank #45,871 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,871
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchstehen
Nearest frequency peer: durchstehen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „dust“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- durchnässt
durchnässt
54,133 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnittspreis
54,132 corpus weight
- durchstehen
durchstehen
54,131 corpus weight
- dust
dust
54,130 corpus weight
- Ebenbild
Ebenbild
54,129 corpus weight
- effektives
effektives
54,127 corpus weight
What this shows „dust“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | dust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dʌst] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #45,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „dust“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dust (IPA [dʌst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,871 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Staub".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dust, with forms such as "ddust", "dsut", and "dusst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duty", "Dutt", "düster", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dust, spelled D-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1Staub
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The air is full of dust particles.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddust
- dsut
- dusst
- dustt
- duts
- udst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dust - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dust", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).