Dr.
The verdict
“Dr.” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an abbreviation - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doktor / Doktorin, Dres.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dr. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dr.” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dr. is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Doktor / Doktorin, Dres.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dr., a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dr., spelled D-R-..
Definition
- 1Doktor / Doktorin, Dres.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Dr.”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-. - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.