PDS
[peːdeːˈʔɛs]
The verdict
“PDS” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,727) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,727
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-pds · PDS · German
PDS · rank #21,727 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,727
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH parole
Nearest frequency peer: parole (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „PDS“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Ohrringe
Ohrringe
78,277 corpus weight
- palästinens…
palästinensischen
78,276 corpus weight
- parole
parole
78,275 corpus weight
- PDS
PDS
78,274 corpus weight
- Phrase
Phrase
78,272 corpus weight
- pic
pic
78,271 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „PDS“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | PDS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [peːdeːˈʔɛs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #21,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „PDS“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for PDS is neighbouring look-alikes ("PS", "Pr", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [peːdeːˈʔɛs]. Frequency #21,727 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Gloss: "Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for PDS, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "Pr", "Po", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 PDS, spelled P-D-S.
Definition
- 1Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how PDS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Vorfeld der vorgezogenen Bundestagswahlen 2005 fusionierte die PDS mit der WASG und schloss sich mit dieser zur neuen Partei „Die Linkspartei.“ zusammen.
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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