Drachme
[ˈdʁaxmə]
The verdict
“Drachme” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehemalige Währungseinheit in Griechenland
Corpus desk
Index DE-drachme · Drachme · German
Drachme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drachme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaxmə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drachme“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drachme is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaxmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ehemalige Währungseinheit in Griechenland".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Drachme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Drachme, spelled D-R-A-C-H-M-E.
Definition
- 1ehemalige Währungseinheit in Griechenland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drachme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Drachmen wurden durch den Euro ersetzt.
100 Lepta (λεπτά; Singular: Lepton [λεπτό{ν}]) ergeben eine Drachme.
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.