DruckvsDrucksTell them apart

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“Druck” and “Drucks” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#947
“Druck” frequency rank
#29,087
“Drucks” frequency rank
30034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Druck Drucks
Definition Kraft pro Fläche Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Druck

Where the eye mixes Druck and Drucks

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Druck runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against Drucks's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Druck
6 ch
Drucks

Look-alike desk: Druck vs Drucks

A purely visual mix-up. Druck ([dʁʊk]) and Drucks ([dʁʊks]) 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) - “Druck” sits inside “Drucks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Druck is recorded at frequency rank #947, classified as anoun, pronounced [dʁʊk]. Drucks is at rank #29,087, tagged as anoun, pronounced [dʁʊks].

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 30034, this pair ranks #1,755,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Druck vs Drucks

Shared letters: cdkru. Private to "Druck": -. Private to "Drucks": s.

"Druck" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Drucks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Druck ← ddruck · drcuk · drruck · drucck · druckk · drukc · durck · rduck
  • Drucks ← ddrucks · drcuks · drrucks · druccks · druckks · druckss · drucsk · drukcs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Druck" for "Drucks" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([dʁʊk] versus [dʁʊks]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Druck" or "Drucks"?
"Druck" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #947 in our German list, against #29,087 for "Drucks". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Druck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Drucks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,755,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Druck" and "Drucks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Docks vs Drucks". 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 #1,755,671 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list