Drainage
[dʁɛˈnaːʒə]
The verdict
“Drainage” is uncommon German (frequency #55,255 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,255
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Art von Entwässerungskanal im Boden, der beispielsweise um Gebäude verlegt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drainage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dʁɛˈnaːʒə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drainage” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Drainage is uncommon German at frequency #55,255 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʁɛˈnaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Drainage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Drainage, spelled D-R-A-I-N-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1eine Art von Entwässerungskanal im Boden, der beispielsweise um Gebäude verlegt wird
- 2Ableitung von Flüssigkeiten aus Körperhöhlen mittels eingelegter Röhrchen oder Laschen
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); 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 “Drainage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-A-I-N-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dʁɛˈnaːʒə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.