Drecksloch
[ˈdʁɛksˌlɔx]
The verdict
“Drecksloch” is uncommon German (frequency #55,256 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,256
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sehr schmutziger meist ärmlicher Ort, an dem man lebt, beispielsweise ein Zimmer, eine Wohnung, ein Stadtviertel, eine Stadt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drecksloch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɛksˌlɔx] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drecksloch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Drecksloch is uncommon German at frequency #55,256 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁɛksˌlɔx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr schmutziger meist ärmlicher Ort, an dem man lebt, beispielsweise ein Zimmer, eine Wohnung, ein Stadtviertel, eine Stadt".
Drecksloch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Drecksloch, spelled D-R-E-C-K-S-L-O-C-H.
Definition
- 1sehr schmutziger meist ärmlicher Ort, an dem man lebt, beispielsweise ein Zimmer, eine Wohnung, ein Stadtviertel, eine Stadt
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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 “Drecksloch”
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- The one correct German spelling is D-R-E-C-K-S-L-O-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.