Which to use
“droht” and “drohte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,306
- “droht” frequency rank
- #9,352
- “drohte” frequency rank
- 12658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | droht | drohte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drohen | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drohen |
Where the eye mixes droht and drohte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between droht and drohte
A purely visual mix-up. droht ([dʁoːt]) and drohte ([ˈdʁoːtə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “droht” sits inside “drohte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
droht is recorded at frequency rank #3,306, classified as averb, pronounced [dʁoːt]. drohte is at rank #9,352, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈdʁoːtə].
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 12658, this pair ranks #1,962,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of droht vs drohte
Shared letters: dhort. Private to "droht": -. Private to "drohte": e.
"droht" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "drohte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "droht" and "drohte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "droht" or "drohte"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "droht" and "drohte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "droht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drohte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,962,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "droht" and "drohte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dröhnt vs drohte". 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 #1,962,843 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.