drehte
[ˈdʁeːtə]
The verdict
“drehte” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,351 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,351
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drehen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drehte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁeːtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drehte” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for drehte is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁeːtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,351 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for drehte, with forms such as "ddrehte", "derhte", and "drehet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "droht", "drohe", "dritte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is drehte, spelled D-R-E-H-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drehen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drehen
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drehen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs drehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddrehte,derhte,drehet,drehhte,drehtte,drethe,drhete,drrehte,rdehte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drehte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “drehte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-E-H-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʁeːtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “droht” - see the side-by-side comparison. drehte vs droht
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.