druckenvsDrucksWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: drucken is a verb, Drucks is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“drucken” is a verb and “Drucks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,594
“drucken” frequency rank
#29,087
“Drucks” frequency rank
36681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature drucken Drucks
Definition durch Druck vervielfältigen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Druck

Where the eye mixes drucken and Drucks

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. drucken runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against Drucks's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
drucken
6 ch
Drucks

Visual trap between drucken and Drucks

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drucken is [ˈdʁʊkn̩] while Drucks is [dʁʊks]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

drucken is recorded at frequency rank #7,594, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈdʁʊkn̩]. 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 36681, this pair ranks #1,609,396 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of drucken vs Drucks

Shared letters: cdkru. Private to "drucken": en. Private to "Drucks": s.

"drucken" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Drucks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • drucken ← ddrucken · drcuken · drrucken · druccken · drucekn · druckenn · druckken · druckne
  • Drucks ← ddrucks · drcuks · drrucks · druccks · druckks · druckss · drucsk · drukcs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "drucken" and "Drucks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "drucken" is a verb and "Drucks" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "drucken" or "Drucks"?
"drucken" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,594 in our German list, against #29,087 for "Drucks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "drucken" and "Drucks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "drucken" 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 #1,609,396 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "drucken" 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 #1,609,396 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