# DT

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,705

## Definitions
1. Initialism of defensive tackle.
2. Abbreviation of (police) detective.
3. Initialism of design and technology.
4. Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
5. Initialism of digital television.
6. Initialism of device tree.
7. Initialism of delirium tremens.
8. Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
9. Abbreviation of detention.
10. Abbreviation of drug test.
11. Initialism of deep-throating.

## Easily confused with
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dy)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-due)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dvd)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-duo)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dug)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dye)
- **dub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dub)
- **duh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-duh)
- **DUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dui)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dun)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dum)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dup)
- **dud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dud)
- **DTs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dts)
- **duc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-duc)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dur)
- **dua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dt-vs-dua)

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