drauf
[dʁaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“drauf” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #759
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-drauf · drauf · German
drauf · rank #759 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #759
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Spieler
Nearest frequency peer: Spieler (-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 „drauf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- selber
selber
99,245 corpus weight
- Sicherheit
Sicherheit
99,244 corpus weight
- Spieler
Spieler
99,243 corpus weight
- drauf
drauf
99,242 corpus weight
- erklärt
erklärt
99,241 corpus weight
- erster
erster
99,240 corpus weight
What this shows „drauf“ 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 | drauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [dʁaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „drauf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around drauf (IPA [dʁaʊ̯f]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #759 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for drauf, with forms such as "daruf", "ddrauf", and "drafu". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "drum", "drug", "draw", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is drauf, spelled D-R-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1auf etwas
- 2umgangssprachlich in Wendungen, in denen nicht darauf stehen kann
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daruf
- ddrauf
- drafu
- drauff
- drrauf
- druaf
- rdauf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drauf - 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 "drauf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).