dragvsDungConfusable pair

Quick tell: drag is a verb, Dung is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“drag” is a verb and “Dung” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,008
“drag” frequency rank
#45,866
“Dung” frequency rank
75874
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature drag Dung
Definition schleppen, nachschleppen, schleifen, zerren ein Gemisch von Fäkalien zum Fördern des Wachstums von (Nutz-)Pflanzen

Letter map: drag vs Dung

Shared letters muted; letters that set drag and Dung apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
drag
4 ch
Dung

Part-of-speech tell for drag / Dung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drag is averb and Dunganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

drag is recorded at frequency rank #30,008, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Dung is at rank #45,866, tagged as anoun, pronounced [dʊŋ].

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 75874, this pair ranks #297,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of drag vs Dung

Shared letters: dg. Private to "drag": ar. Private to "Dung": nu.

"drag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Dung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dragdarg · ddrag · dragg · drga · drrag · rdag
  • Dungddung · dnug · dugn · dungg · dunng · udng

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "drag" and "Dung" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "drag" is a verb and "Dung" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "drag" vs "Dung" - which ranks higher?
"drag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,008 in our German list, against #45,866 for "Dung". 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 "Dung" 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 "Dung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #297,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "drag" and "Dung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duch vs Dung". 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 #297,354 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