Which to use
“deine” is an unknown and “drinne” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #255
- “deine” frequency rank
- #33,538
- “drinne” frequency rank
- 33793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deine | drinne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Possessivpronomens dein | im Inneren |
Where the eye mixes deine and drinne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. deine runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against drinne's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between deine and drinne
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: deine is [ˈdaɪ̯nə] while drinne is [ˈdʁɪnə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deine is recorded at frequency rank #255, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈdaɪ̯nə]. drinne is at rank #33,538, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈdʁɪnə].
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 33793, this pair ranks #1,678,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deine vs drinne
Shared letters: dein. Private to "deine": -. Private to "drinne": r.
"deine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "drinne" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deine" and "drinne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "deine" or "drinne" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "deine" and "drinne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "deine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drinne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,678,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deine" and "drinne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dirne vs drinne". 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 #1,678,013 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.