drehst

[dʁeːst]

/[dʁeːst]/ verb

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The verdict

“drehst” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,688
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-drehst · drehst · German

drehst · rank #38,688 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,688
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Drehort

Nearest frequency peer: Drehort (-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 „drehst“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „drehst“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drehst vs dreht
83% similar
drehst vs droht
67% similar
drehst vs dress
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drehst
PropertyValue
Headworddrehst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dʁeːst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,688
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „drehst“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.drehstliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Drehort“ (#38,687), „Dreifaltigkeit“ (#38,689), „diskreditiert“ (#38,686). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „drehst“ bei #38,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around drehst (IPA [dʁeːst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,688 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for drehst, with forms such as "ddrehst", "derhst", and "drehhst". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "dreht", "droht", "dress", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct German form is drehst, spelled D-R-E-H-S-T.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrehst
  • derhst
  • drehhst
  • drehsst
  • drehstt
  • drehts
  • dresht
  • drhest
  • drrehst
  • rdehst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drehst - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddrehst1derhst2drehhst1drehsst1drehstt1drehts2dresht2drhest2
Edit distance from "drehst"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drehst"?
"drehst" is spelled D-R-E-H-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [dʁeːst].
What does "drehst" mean?
As a verb, "drehst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs drehen
What words are commonly confused with "drehst"?
"drehst" is commonly confused with "dreht", "droht", "dress". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drehst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drehst" is [dʁeːst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drehst" come from?
"drehst" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drehst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list