Which to use
“drängte” and “drängten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,262
- “drängte” frequency rank
- #22,304
- “drängten” frequency rank
- 39566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drängte | drängten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drängen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drängen |
Where the eye mixes drängte and drängten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. drängte ([ˈdʁɛŋtə]) and drängten ([ˈdʁɛŋtn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “drängte” sits inside “drängten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drängte is recorded at frequency rank #17,262, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈdʁɛŋtə]. drängten is at rank #22,304, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈdʁɛŋtn̩].
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 39566, this pair ranks #1,533,230 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drängte vs drängten
Shared letters: degnrtä. Private to "drängte": -. Private to "drängten": -.
"drängte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "drängten" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC