Which to use
“Drache” and “Drachen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,269
- “Drache” frequency rank
- #7,897
- “Drachen” frequency rank
- 22166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Drache | Drachen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | großes Mischwesen, meist geflügelt, feuerspeiend und mit großen Klauen, das einer Schlange oder Echse ähnelt | unbemanntes, an Schnüren gehaltenes Fluggerät (Spielzeug) |
Where the eye mixes Drache and Drachen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Drache runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against Drachen's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Drache and Drachen
A purely visual mix-up. Drache ([ˈdʁaxə]) and Drachen ([ˈdʁaxn̩]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Drache” sits inside “Drachen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Drache is recorded at frequency rank #14,269, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdʁaxə]. Drachen is at rank #7,897, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdʁaxn̩].
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 22166, this pair ranks #1,877,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Drache vs Drachen
Shared letters: acdehr. Private to "Drache": -. Private to "Drachen": n.
"Drache" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "Drachen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Drache" and "Drachen" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Drache" or "Drachen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Drache" and "Drachen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Drache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Drachen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,877,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Drache" and "Drachen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Deiche vs Drache". 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 #1,877,502 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.