Which to use
“drücke” is a verb and “duke” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,636
- “drücke” frequency rank
- #13,578
- “duke” frequency rank
- 24214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drücke | duke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drücken | - |
Letter map: drücke vs duke
Shared letters muted; letters that set drücke and duke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. drücke runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against duke's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for drücke / duke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drücke is averb and dukeaparticle. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drücke is recorded at frequency rank #10,636, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈdʁʏkə]. duke is at rank #13,578, tagged as aparticle, pronounced […].
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 24214, this pair ranks #1,850,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drücke vs duke
Shared letters: dek. Private to "drücke": crü. Private to "duke": u.
"drücke" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "duke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- duke ← dduke · dkue · duek · dukke · udke
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "drücke" and "duke" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "drücke" or "duke"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "drücke" and "duke".
- Full dictionary entry for "drücke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,850,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drücke" and "duke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duke vs puzzles". 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 #1,850,812 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.