Which to use
“drin” is an adverb and “dun” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,126
- “drin” frequency rank
- #37,461
- “dun” frequency rank
- 38587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drin | dun |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend | im Zustand nach Genuss von zu viel Alkohol |
Where the eye mixes drin and dun
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: drin vs dun
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drin is [dʁɪn] while dun is [duːn]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38587, 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]. dun is at rank #37,461, tagged as anadj, pronounced [duːn].
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 38587, this pair ranks #1,560,037 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drin vs dun
Shared letters: dn. Private to "drin": ir. Private to "dun": u.
"drin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "dun" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- drin ← ddrin · dirn · drinn · drni · drrin · rdin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "drin" and "dun" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "drin" or "dun"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "drin" and "dun" 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 "dun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,560,037 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drin" and "dun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dun vs duran". 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 #1,560,037 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.