Which to use
“drin” is an adverb and “drink” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,126
- “drin” frequency rank
- #14,042
- “drink” frequency rank
- 15168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drin | drink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend | Flüssigkeit zu sich nehmen |
Where the eye mixes drin and drink
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: drin vs drink
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drin is [dʁɪn] while drink is [dɹɪŋk]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “drin” sits inside “drink”, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drin is recorded at frequency rank #1,126, classified as anadv, pronounced [dʁɪn]. drink is at rank #14,042, tagged as averb, pronounced [dɹɪŋk].
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 15168, this pair ranks #1,945,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drin vs drink
Shared letters: dinr. Private to "drin": -. Private to "drink": k.
"drin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "drink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "drin" and "drink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "drin" or "drink"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "drin" and "drink" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "drin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,945,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drin" and "drink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drink vs dying". 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 #1,945,894 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.