draus

/[dʁaʊ̯s]/ adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,172

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

draus is anGermanadv. It means: auf eine direkte räumliche oder ursächliche Herkunft weisend Pronounced [dʁaʊ̯s]. It ranks #9,172 in German word frequency. Often confused with Dus and DRS.

Key facts for draus
PropertyValue
Headworddraus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[dʁaʊ̯s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,172
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of draus in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for draus is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʁaʊ̯s]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,172 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "auf eine direkte räumliche oder ursächliche Herkunft weisend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for draus, with forms such as "darus", "ddraus", and "drasu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Dus", "DRS", "drum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is draus, spelled D-R-A-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf eine direkte räumliche oder ursächliche Herkunft weisend

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: darus,ddraus,drasu,drauss,drraus,druas,rdaus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for draus

Misspelling Variants of "draus"

darus5ddraus6drasu5drauss6drraus6druas5rdaus5
Misspelling Variants of "draus"

Frequency rank: #9,172 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "draus"?
"draus" is spelled D-R-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [dʁaʊ̯s].
What does "draus" mean?
As an adv, "draus" means: auf eine direkte räumliche oder ursächliche Herkunft weisend
What words are commonly confused with "draus"?
"draus" is commonly confused with "Dus", "DRS", "drum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "draus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "draus" is [dʁaʊ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "draus" come from?
"draus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.