Drecksau
[ˈdʁɛkˌzaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Drecksau” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,457
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ungepflegt ist oder deren Verhalten als ekelhaft und abstoßend wahrgenommen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-drecksau · Drecksau · German
Drecksau · rank #37,457 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #37,457
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dresdens
Nearest frequency peer: Dresdens (+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 „Drecksau“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- DLRG
DLRG
62,547 corpus weight
- Doms
Doms
62,546 corpus weight
- Drecksau
Drecksau
62,544 corpus weight
- Dresdens
Dresdens
62,543 corpus weight
- Drift
Drift
62,542 corpus weight
- drugs
drugs
62,541 corpus weight
What this shows „Drecksau“ 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 | Drecksau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɛkˌzaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Drecksau“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Drecksau (IPA [ˈdʁɛkˌzaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,457 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Drecksau, with forms such as "ddrecksau", "dercksau", and "drceksau". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Drecks", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Drecksau, spelled D-R-E-C-K-S-A-U.
Definition
- 1Person, die ungepflegt ist oder deren Verhalten als ekelhaft und abstoßend wahrgenommen wird
- 2Schimpfwort
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drecksau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guck dir nur diese Drecksau an! Fettige Haare, versiffte Klamotten, unrasiert und stinkend wie ein Iltis.
Mein Bruder ist eine echte Drecksau. Er duscht nur einmal in der Woche und wechselt seine Unterwäsche wahrscheinlich noch seltener.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrecksau
- dercksau
- drceksau
- dreccksau
- dreckasu
- dreckksau
- dreckssau
- drecksua
- drecskau
- drekcsau
- drrecksau
- rdecksau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Drecksau - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Drecksau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).