drewvsiiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: drew is a verb, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“drew” is a verb and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,249
“drew” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
27769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature drew ii
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs draw Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: drew vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set drew and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
drew
2 ch
ii

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drew is averb and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

drew is recorded at frequency rank #27,249, classified as averb, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

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 27769, this pair ranks #1,796,201 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of drew vs ii

Shared letters: none. Private to "drew": derw. Private to "ii": i.

"drew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • drewddrew · derw · dreww · drrew · drwe · rdew

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "drew" and "ii" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "drew" is a verb and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "drew" or "ii"?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #27,249 for "drew". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "drew" and "ii". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "drew" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,796,201 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "drew" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drew vs puzzles". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list