Which to use
“drin” is an adverb and “dritt” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,126
- “drin” frequency rank
- #12,891
- “dritt” frequency rank
- 14017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drin | dritt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend | mit mit einer Gruppe aus drei Individuen etwas machen |
Where the eye mixes drin and dritt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses drin with dritt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drin is [dʁɪn] while dritt is [dʁɪt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14017, 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]. dritt is at rank #12,891, tagged as anum, pronounced [dʁɪt].
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 14017, this pair ranks #1,954,146 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drin vs dritt
Shared letters: dir. Private to "drin": n. Private to "dritt": t.
"drin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "dritt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "drin" for "dritt" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "drin" or "dritt" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "drin" and "dritt" 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 "dritt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,954,146 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drin" and "dritt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diet vs dritt". 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 #1,954,146 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.