# drang vs during

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### drang
*verb · IPA [dʁaŋ] · frequency rank #9,171*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs dringen

### during
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #30,518*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs dure

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/drang-vs-during