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“dragon” and “Drogen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,041
- “dragon” frequency rank
- #2,333
- “Drogen” frequency rank
- 16374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dragon | Drogen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | großes Mischwesen, meist geflügelt, feuerspeiend und mit großen Klauen, das einer Schlange oder Echse ähnelt; Drache | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Droge |
Where the eye mixes dragon and Drogen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dragon vs Drogen
A purely visual mix-up. dragon ([dræɡən]) and Drogen ([ˈdʁoːɡn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dragon is recorded at frequency rank #14,041, classified as anoun, pronounced [dræɡən]. Drogen is at rank #2,333, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdʁoːɡn̩].
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 16374, this pair ranks #1,936,382 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dragon vs Drogen
Shared letters: dgnor. Private to "dragon": a. Private to "Drogen": e.
"dragon" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Drogen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dragon" and "Drogen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dragon" vs "Drogen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dragon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Drogen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,936,382 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dragon" and "Drogen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragon vs Dragoner". 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 #1,936,382 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.