dragvsdrausConfusable pair

Quick tell: drag is a verb, draus is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

4 ch
drag
5 ch
draus

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

  • dragdarg · ddrag · dragg · drga · drrag · rdag
  • drausdarus · ddraus · drasu · drauss · drraus · druas · rdaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "drag" and "draus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "drag" is a verb and "draus" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "drag" vs "draus" - which ranks higher?
"draus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,172 in our German list, against #30,008 for "drag". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list