drängen
[ˈdʁɛŋən]
The verdict
“drängen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,748
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden an einen Ort bewegen, ohne dass er es will
Corpus desk
Index DE-drangen · drängen · German
drängen · rank #7,748 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,748
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH division
Nearest frequency peer: division (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „drängen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Diego
Diego
92,256 corpus weight
- Diplom
Diplom
92,255 corpus weight
- division
division
92,254 corpus weight
- drängen
drängen
92,253 corpus weight
- Dynamik
Dynamik
92,252 corpus weight
- einfaches
einfaches
92,251 corpus weight
What this shows „drängen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | drängen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɛŋən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „drängen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around drängen (IPA [ˈdʁɛŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,748 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for drängen, with forms such as "ddrängen", "drnägen", and "drrängen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Drogen", "drängt", "drinnen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is drängen, spelled D-R-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden an einen Ort bewegen, ohne dass er es will
- 2jemanden zu einer Handlung bewegen, die er nicht ausführen möchte
- 3Handlungsdruck erzeugen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drängen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit aller Kraft versuchen die Viehtreiber das widerspenstige Kalb in die Ecke des Gatters zu drängen.
Die Parteigenossen haben ihn dann zur Aufgabe seiner Kandidatur gedrängt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrängen
- drnägen
- drrängen
- drägnen
- dränegn
- drängenn
- dränggen
- drängne
- dränngen
- därngen
- rdängen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drängen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drängen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).