Which to use
“draus” and “drum” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,172
- “draus” frequency rank
- #5,161
- “drum” frequency rank
- 14333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | draus | drum |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf eine direkte räumliche oder ursächliche Herkunft weisend | darum |
Where the eye mixes draus and drum
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: draus vs drum
A purely visual mix-up. draus ([dʁaʊ̯s]) and drum ([dʁʊm]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
draus is recorded at frequency rank #9,172, classified as anadv, pronounced [dʁaʊ̯s]. drum is at rank #5,161, tagged as anadv, pronounced [dʁʊm].
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 14333, this pair ranks #1,951,924 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of draus vs drum
Shared letters: dru. Private to "draus": as. Private to "drum": m.
"draus" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "drum" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "draus" and "drum" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "draus" or "drum" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "draus" and "drum" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "draus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,951,924 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "draus" and "drum" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "draus vs draw". 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 #1,951,924 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.