drauflos
[dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs]
The verdict
“drauflos” is uncommon German (frequency #57,776 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,776
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne konkreten Plan, ohne große Überlegung, aber mit Elan
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drauflos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drauflos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
drauflos is uncommon German at frequency #57,776 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne konkreten Plan, ohne große Überlegung, aber mit Elan".
drauflos has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is drauflos, spelled D-R-A-U-F-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne konkreten Plan, ohne große Überlegung, aber mit Elan
This word in other languages
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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Using “drauflos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-A-U-F-L-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dʁaʊ̯fˈloːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.