dux
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The verdict
“dux” is uncommon German (frequency #51,258 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,258
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Führer(in), Anführer(in)
Corpus desk
Index DE-dux · dux · German
dux · rank #51,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,258
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH durchzulesen
Nearest frequency peer: durchzulesen (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- durchgeknal…
durchgeknallte
48,747 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnittseinkommen
48,746 corpus weight
- durchzulesen
durchzulesen
48,745 corpus weight
- dux
dux
48,743 corpus weight
- ECM
ECM
48,741 corpus weight
- effektivsten
effektivsten
48,740 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dux” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dux |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dux” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dux is uncommon German at frequency #51,258 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dux, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct German form is dux, spelled D-U-X.
Definition
- 1Führer(in), Anführer(in)
- 2Feldherr(in)
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.