Which to use
“dicken” and “drucken” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,416
- “dicken” frequency rank
- #7,594
- “drucken” frequency rank
- 12010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dicken | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | durch Zugabe von Geliermittel, Mehl oder Ähnlichem etwas Flüssiges (besonders Speisen) dickflüssiger, zähflüssiger, fester machen | durch Druck vervielfältigen |
Where the eye mixes dicken and drucken
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dicken with drucken
A purely visual mix-up. dicken ([ˈdɪkn̩]) and drucken ([ˈdʁʊkn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dicken is recorded at frequency rank #4,416, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈdɪkn̩]. drucken is at rank #7,594, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈdʁʊkn̩].
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 12010, this pair ranks #1,966,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dicken vs drucken
Shared letters: cdekn. Private to "dicken": i. Private to "drucken": ru.
"dicken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "drucken" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dicken" and "drucken" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "dicken" or "drucken" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dicken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drucken" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,966,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dicken" and "drucken" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deckten vs dicken". 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 #1,966,684 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.