dream

/[dɹiːm]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,481

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dream is aGermannoun. It means: Traum Pronounced [dɹiːm]. Often confused with DRM and drei.

Key facts for dream
PropertyValue
Headworddream
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɹiːm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,481
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dream is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dɹiːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,481 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Traum".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for dream, with forms such as "ddream", "deram", and "draem". 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, "DRM", "drei", "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 dream, spelled D-R-E-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traum

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddream,deram,draem,dreamm,drema,drream,rdeam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dream

Misspelling Variants of "dream"

ddream6deram5draem5dreamm6drema5drream6rdeam5
Misspelling Variants of "dream"

Frequency rank: #12,481 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dream"?
"dream" is spelled D-R-E-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [dɹiːm].
What does "dream" mean?
As a noun, "dream" means: Traum
What words are commonly confused with "dream"?
"dream" is commonly confused with "DRM", "drei", "drum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dream"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dream" is [dɹiːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dream" come from?
"dream" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index:

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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.