Drehtag
[ˈdʁeːˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Drehtag” is uncommon German (frequency #56,905 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,905
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tag, an dem Filmaufnahmen durchgeführt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-drehtag · Drehtag · German
Drehtag · rank #56,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,905
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH drain
Nearest frequency peer: drain (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Drehtag”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Doppelsieg
Doppelsieg
43,099 corpus weight
- Doppelspitze
Doppelspitze
43,098 corpus weight
- drain
drain
43,097 corpus weight
- Drehtag
Drehtag
43,096 corpus weight
- Dreiklang
Dreiklang
43,094 corpus weight
- dreitägige
dreitägige
43,093 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Drehtag” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drehtag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁeːˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drehtag” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Drehtag is uncommon German at frequency #56,905 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁeːˌtaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tag, an dem Filmaufnahmen durchgeführt werden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Drehtag, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Drehtag, spelled D-R-E-H-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Tag, an dem Filmaufnahmen durchgeführt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drehtag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er sitzt neben Murad, als der das Material des ersten Drehtags sichtet.“
„Mein Job war es, für sechzig DM pro Drehtag drei Tage auf dem Panzer zu sitzen.“
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Drehtag", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.