# dre vs drug

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dre
*noun · IPA [dreː] · frequency rank #36,889*
der Hirsch

### drug
*verb · IPA [dɹʌɡ] · frequency rank #38,692*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs drag

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