# ded

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #39,281

## Definitions
1. A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

## Etymology
From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).

## Easily confused with
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-do)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dr)
- **di** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-di)
- **DJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dj)
- **DM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dm)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-ds)
- **DL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dl)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dx)
- **DG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dg)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dq)
- **did** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-did)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-due)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dog)
- **die** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-die)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ded-vs-dry)

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