Dreidorn
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌdɔʁn]
The verdict
“Dreidorn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwach giftige Pflanze, die zur Gattung Berberitzen und der Familie der Berberitzengewächse zählt
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreidorn · Dreidorn · German
Dreidorn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreidorn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌdɔʁn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreidorn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreidorn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌdɔʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwach giftige Pflanze, die zur Gattung Berberitzen und der Familie der Berberitzengewächse zählt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dreidorn in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dreidorn, spelled D-R-E-I-D-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1schwach giftige Pflanze, die zur Gattung Berberitzen und der Familie der Berberitzengewächse zählt
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.