dz
[d͡zɛ]
The verdict
“dz” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,857) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #17,857
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Digraph in der polnischen Sprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-dz · dz · German
dz · rank #17,857 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,857
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dynamisch
Nearest frequency peer: dynamisch (-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 “dz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- did
did
82,147 corpus weight
- duck
duck
82,146 corpus weight
- dynamisch
dynamisch
82,145 corpus weight
- dz
dz
82,144 corpus weight
- Dürre
Dürre
82,143 corpus weight
- effect
effect
82,142 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dz” 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 | dz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d͡zɛ] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #17,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “dz” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dz is neighbouring look-alikes ("d", "du", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [d͡zɛ]. Frequency #17,857 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Digraph in der polnischen Sprache".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "d", "du", "da", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dz, spelled D-Z.
Definition
- 1Digraph in der polnischen Sprache
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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- "dz" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "d". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #17,857 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.