dream
[dɹiːm]
The verdict
“dream” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,481
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traum
Corpus desk
Index DE-dream · dream · German
dream · rank #12,481 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,481
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dreharbeiten
Nearest frequency peer: Dreharbeiten (+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 „dream“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Defensive
Defensive
87,523 corpus weight
- Desaster
Desaster
87,522 corpus weight
- dream
dream
87,520 corpus weight
- Dreharbeiten
Dreharbeiten
87,519 corpus weight
- Ehrenamtlic…
Ehrenamtliche
87,518 corpus weight
- Ehrgeiz
Ehrgeiz
87,517 corpus weight
What this shows „dream“ 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 | dream |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɹiːm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „dream“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around dream (IPA [dɹiːm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,481 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Traum".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dream, with forms such as "ddream", "deram", and "draem". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DRM", "drei", "drum", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dream, spelled D-R-E-A-M.
Definition
- 1Traum
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dream appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In my dreams I am the richest man in the world.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddream
- deram
- draem
- dreamm
- drema
- drream
- rdeam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dream - 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
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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).