DVD
[deːfaʊ̯ˈdeː]
The verdict
“DVD” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,113) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,113
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer CD ähnliche Speicherplatte für Audio- und Videosignale mit höherer Speicherkapazität
Corpus desk
Index DE-dvd · DVD · German
DVD · rank #4,113 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,113
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Durchführung
Nearest frequency peer: Durchführung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “DVD”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dreck
Dreck
95,891 corpus weight
- dunklen
dunklen
95,890 corpus weight
- Durchführung
Durchführung
95,889 corpus weight
- DVD
DVD
95,888 corpus weight
- einig
einig
95,887 corpus weight
- Entschuldig…
Entschuldigung
95,886 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “DVD” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | DVD |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [deːfaʊ̯ˈdeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “DVD” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for DVD is neighbouring look-alikes ("DW", "dz", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [deːfaʊ̯ˈdeː]. Frequency #4,113 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "einer CD ähnliche Speicherplatte für Audio- und Videosignale mit höherer Speicherkapazität".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for DVD, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DW", "dz", "DVDs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is DVD, spelled D-V-D.
Definition
- 1einer CD ähnliche Speicherplatte für Audio- und Videosignale mit höherer Speicherkapazität
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how DVD appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe mir eine neue DVD gekauft.
„Das Fernsehprogramm besteht nur aus zwei Sendern und alle DVDs sind irgendwann geguckt.“
This word in other languages
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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- "DVD" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "DW". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #4,113 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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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.