Drann
[dʁan]
The verdict
“Drann” is uncommon German (frequency #79,071 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,071
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Fluss in Slowenien, rechter Nebenfluss der Drau
Corpus desk
Index DE-drann · Drann · German
Drann · rank #79,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,071
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH dringlicher
Nearest frequency peer: dringlicher (+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 “Drann”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- donnerte
donnerte
20,933 corpus weight
- Drann
Drann
20,930 corpus weight
- dringlicher
dringlicher
20,929 corpus weight
- dua
dua
20,926 corpus weight
- Duells
Duells
20,925 corpus weight
- Duette
Duette
20,924 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Drann” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [dʁan] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drann” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Drann is uncommon German at frequency #79,071 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [dʁan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Fluss in Slowenien, rechter Nebenfluss der Drau".
No misspelling variants are generated for Drann in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Drann, spelled D-R-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1ein Fluss in Slowenien, rechter Nebenfluss der Drau
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.