Which to use
“drag” is a verb and “drauf” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,008
- “drag” frequency rank
- #759
- “drauf” frequency rank
- 30767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drag | drauf |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | schleppen, nachschleppen, schleifen, zerren | auf etwas |
Letter map: drag vs drauf
Shared letters muted; letters that set drag and drauf apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: drag vs drauf
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drag is averb and draufanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drag is recorded at frequency rank #30,008, classified as averb, pronounced […]. drauf is at rank #759, tagged as anadv, pronounced [dʁaʊ̯f].
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 30767, this pair ranks #1,741,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drag vs drauf
Shared letters: adr. Private to "drag": g. Private to "drauf": fu.
"drag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "drauf" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "drag" and "drauf" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "drag" vs "drauf" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "drag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drauf" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,741,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drag" and "drauf" 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 #1,741,487 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.