Which to use
“drag” is a verb and “dran” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,008
- “drag” frequency rank
- #964
- “dran” frequency rank
- 30972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drag | dran |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | schleppen, nachschleppen, schleifen, zerren | eine direkte räumliche Berührung ausdrückend |
Letter map: drag vs dran
Shared letters muted; letters that set drag and dran apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for drag / dran
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drag is averb and drananadverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “drag” becomes n in “dran”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drag is recorded at frequency rank #30,008, classified as averb, pronounced […]. dran is at rank #964, tagged as anadv, pronounced [dʁan].
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 30972, this pair ranks #1,737,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drag vs dran
Shared letters: adr. Private to "drag": g. Private to "dran": n.
"drag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "dran" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "drag" and "dran" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "drag" or "dran"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "drag" and "dran".
- Full dictionary entry for "drag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,737,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drag" and "dran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drag vs puzzles". 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 #1,737,333 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.