deren
[ˈdeːʁən]
The verdict
“deren” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #326 in German word frequency and used as an unknown.
- #326
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Pronomens die
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈdeːʁən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for deren is 5 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdeːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #326 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for deren, with forms such as "dderen", "deern", and "derenn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dre", "drei", "dran", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is deren, spelled D-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Pronomens die
- 2Genitiv Plural des Pronomens der, die, das
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dderen,deern,derenn,derne,derren,dreen,edren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deren - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “deren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdeːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dre” - see the side-by-side comparison. deren vs dre
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.