drakonische

[dʁaˈkoːnɪʃə]

/[dʁaˈkoːnɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“drakonische” is uncommon German (frequency #95,434 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,434
frequency rank, German
45,632
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-drakonische · drakonische · German

drakonische · rank #95,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,434
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 45,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dornenkrone

Nearest frequency peer: Dornenkrone (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “drakonische”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “drakonische” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for drakonische
PropertyValue
Headworddrakonische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[dʁaˈkoːnɪʃə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,434
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “drakonische” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). drakonische lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

drakonische is uncommon German at frequency #95,434 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dʁaˈkoːnɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for drakonische in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is drakonische, spelled D-R-A-K-O-N-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drakonische"?
"drakonische" is spelled D-R-A-K-O-N-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dʁaˈkoːnɪʃə].
What does "drakonische" mean?
As an adjective, "drakonische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs drakonisch
How do you pronounce "drakonische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drakonische" is [dʁaˈkoːnɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drakonische" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drakonische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dornenkrone#95,433Dramatikers#95,435Digitalfunk#95,425durchgekaut#95,449
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list