Drehstrom
[ˈdʁeːˌʃtʁoːm]
The verdict
“Drehstrom” is uncommon German (frequency #74,492 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,492
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine technische Umsetzung, um ein elektromagnetisches Drehfeld (zum Beispiel mittels drei phasenverschobene gekoppelter Wechselströme) zu erzeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-drehstrom · Drehstrom · German
Drehstrom · rank #74,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,492
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dramaturgische
Nearest frequency peer: dramaturgische (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Drehstrom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Dosenöffner
Dosenöffner
25,513 corpus weight
- drahtlosen
drahtlosen
25,511 corpus weight
- dramaturgis…
dramaturgische
25,510 corpus weight
- Drehstrom
Drehstrom
25,509 corpus weight
- drinking
drinking
25,508 corpus weight
- droben
droben
25,506 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Drehstrom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drehstrom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁeːˌʃtʁoːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drehstrom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drehstrom is uncommon German at frequency #74,492 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁeːˌʃtʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine technische Umsetzung, um ein elektromagnetisches Drehfeld (zum Beispiel mittels drei phasenverschobene gekoppelter Wechselströme) zu erzeugen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Drehstrom in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Drehstrom, spelled D-R-E-H-S-T-R-O-M.
Definition
- 1eine technische Umsetzung, um ein elektromagnetisches Drehfeld (zum Beispiel mittels drei phasenverschobene gekoppelter Wechselströme) zu erzeugen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Drehstrom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Drehstrom hat mindestens drei stromführende Adern: L1, L2 und L3.
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Antonyms
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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