drastisch
[ˈdʁastɪʃ]
The verdict
“drastisch” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,635
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auffällig bis hin zu übertrieben
Corpus desk
Index DE-drastisch · drastisch · German
drastisch · rank #10,635 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,635
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH derzeitige
Nearest frequency peer: derzeitige (-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 „drastisch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Denis
Denis
89,369 corpus weight
- dergleichen
dergleichen
89,368 corpus weight
- derzeitige
derzeitige
89,367 corpus weight
- drastisch
drastisch
89,366 corpus weight
- drücke
drücke
89,365 corpus weight
- durchweg
durchweg
89,364 corpus weight
What this shows „drastisch“ 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 | drastisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʁastɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „drastisch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around drastisch (IPA [ˈdʁastɪʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,635 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for drastisch, with forms such as "darstisch", "ddrastisch", and "drasitsch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "drastische", "drastischen", "drastischer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is drastisch, spelled D-R-A-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1auffällig bis hin zu übertrieben
- 2sehr stark, in hohem Maß
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drastisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit seinem drastischen Augenrollen hat er uns ziemlich erschreckt.
Ein Symptom der Krankheit sind die drastischen Bewegungen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- darstisch
- ddrastisch
- drasitsch
- drasstisch
- drasticsh
- drastiscch
- drastischh
- drastishc
- drastissch
- drastsich
- drasttisch
- dratsisch
- drrastisch
- drsatisch
- rdastisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drastisch - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "drastisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).