Which to use
“drinne” is an adverb and “dritte” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,538
- “drinne” frequency rank
- #1,155
- “dritte” frequency rank
- 34693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drinne | dritte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | im Inneren | nach dem oder der zweiten kommend |
Where the eye mixes drinne and dritte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. drinne and dritte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: drinne vs dritte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drinne is [ˈdʁɪnə] while dritte is [ˈdʁɪtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drinne is recorded at frequency rank #33,538, classified as anadv, pronounced [ˈdʁɪnə]. dritte is at rank #1,155, tagged as anum, pronounced [ˈdʁɪtə].
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 34693, this pair ranks #1,657,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drinne vs dritte
Shared letters: deir. Private to "drinne": n. Private to "dritte": t.
"drinne" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "dritte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "drinne" for "dritte" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "drinne" or "dritte" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "drinne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dritte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,657,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drinne" and "dritte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dirne vs drinne". 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 #1,657,527 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.