# Davos

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdævɒs/ · frequency rank #27,799

## Definitions
1. A mountain resort and municipality in Grisons, Switzerland, host of the World Economic Forum.
2. An annual meeting of business leaders, major politicians, economists, and other celebrities hosted by the World Economic Forum in the town of Davos, Switzerland at the end of January.

## Etymology
From German Davos.

## Easily confused with
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-dos)
- **days** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-days)
- **Davy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-davy)
- **DDOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-ddos)
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-devs)
- **devo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-devo)
- **Devon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-devon)
- **demos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-demos)
- **dives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-dives)
- **doves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-doves)
- **Dawes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-dawes)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-devos)
- **DevOps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davos-vs-devops)
- **das** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/das-vs-davos)
- **dao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dao-vs-davos)
- **Dave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dave-vs-davos)
- **dads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dads-vs-davos)
- **dams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dams-vs-davos)
- **Dans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dans-vs-davos)
- **dass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dass-vs-davos)

## Common misspellings (7)
`advos`, `daovs`, `davoss`, `davso`, `davvos`, `ddavos`, `dvaos`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/davos