Dreieck
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʔɛk]
The verdict
“Dreieck” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,211
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geometrische Figur ^(→ WP), bei der drei nicht auf einer Geraden gelegene Punkte geradlinig verbunden sind und die dadurch entstehende Fläche
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 | Dreieck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʔɛk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dreieck” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Dreieck (IPA [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʔɛk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,211 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "geometrische Figur ^(→ WP), bei der drei nicht auf einer Geraden gelegene Punkte geradlinig verbunden sind und die dadurch entstehende Fläche".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dreieck, with forms such as "ddreieck", "derieck", and "dreeick". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dreier", "Dreien", "Dreiecks", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Dreieck, spelled D-R-E-I-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1geometrische Figur ^(→ WP), bei der drei nicht auf einer Geraden gelegene Punkte geradlinig verbunden sind und die dadurch entstehende Fläche
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddreieck,derieck,dreeick,dreicek,dreiecck,dreieckk,dreiekc,drieeck,drreieck,rdeieck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dreieck - 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.
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 “Dreieck”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-E-I-E-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʔɛk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dreier” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dreieck vs dreier
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.