Which to use
“drag” is a verb and “draus” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,008
- “drag” frequency rank
- #9,172
- “draus” frequency rank
- 39180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drag | draus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | schleppen, nachschleppen, schleifen, zerren | auf eine direkte räumliche oder ursächliche Herkunft weisend |
Letter map: drag vs draus
Shared letters muted; letters that set drag and draus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for drag / draus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drag is averb and drausanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drag is recorded at frequency rank #30,008, classified as averb, pronounced […]. draus is at rank #9,172, tagged as anadv, pronounced [dʁaʊ̯s].
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 39180, this pair ranks #1,543,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drag vs draus
Shared letters: adr. Private to "drag": g. Private to "draus": su.
"drag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "draus" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "drag" and "draus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "drag" vs "draus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "drag" vs "draus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "drag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "draus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,543,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drag" and "draus" 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 #1,543,892 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.