dasvsDavisTell them apart

Quick tell: das is a noun, Davis is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“das” is a noun and “Davis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,761
“das” frequency rank
#6,491
“Davis” frequency rank
19252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature das Davis
Definition Sida. Nom de famille anglophone.

Letter map: das vs Davis

Shared letters muted; letters that set das and Davis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
das
5 ch
Davis

Grammar separator: das vs Davis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: das is anoun and Davisaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

das is recorded at frequency rank #12,761, classified as anoun. Davis is at rank #6,491, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19252, this pair ranks #374,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of das vs Davis

Shared letters: ads. Private to "das": -. Private to "Davis": iv.

"das" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Davisadvis · daivs · daviss · davsi · davvis · ddavis · dvais

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "das" and "Davis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "das" is a noun and "Davis" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "das" or "Davis" show up more?
"Davis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,491 in our French list, against #12,761 for "das". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "das" and "Davis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "das" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Davis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #374,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "das" and "Davis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "das vs dray". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #374,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list