dreh

/[dʁeː]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,911

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dreh is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen Pronounced [dʁeː]. It ranks #6,911 in German word frequency. Often confused with DRK and due.

Key facts for dreh
PropertyValue
Headworddreh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dʁeː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,911
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dreh is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʁeː]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,911 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for dreh, with forms such as "ddreh", "derh", and "drehh". 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, "DRK", "due", "dry", 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 dreh, spelled D-R-E-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddreh,derh,drehh,drhe,drreh,rdeh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dreh

Misspelling Variants of "dreh"

ddreh5derh4drehh5drhe4drreh5rdeh4
Misspelling Variants of "dreh"

Frequency rank: #6,911 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dreh"?
"dreh" is spelled D-R-E-H. The IPA pronunciation is [dʁeː].
What does "dreh" mean?
As a verb, "dreh" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen
What words are commonly confused with "dreh"?
"dreh" is commonly confused with "DRK", "due", "dry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dreh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dreh" is [dʁeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dreh" come from?
"dreh" 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.