dreier

/[ˈdʁaɪ̯ɐ]/ num

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,820

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

dreier is aGermannum. It means: Genitiv Plural der Flexion ohne bestimmten Artikel der Kardinalzahl drei Pronounced [ˈdʁaɪ̯ɐ]. It ranks #5,820 in German word frequency. Often confused with drein and drüber.

Key facts for dreier
PropertyValue
Headworddreier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNum
IPA[ˈdʁaɪ̯ɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,820
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dreier in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dreier is 6 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁaɪ̯ɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,820 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Plural der Flexion ohne bestimmten Artikel der Kardinalzahl drei".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for dreier, with forms such as "ddreier", "derier", and "dreeir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "drein", "drüber", "dreist", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is dreier, spelled D-R-E-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Plural der Flexion ohne bestimmten Artikel der Kardinalzahl drei

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddreier,derier,dreeir,dreierr,dreire,drieer,drreier,rdeier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dreier

Misspelling Variants of "dreier"

ddreier7derier6dreeir6dreierr7dreire6drieer6drreier7rdeier6
Misspelling Variants of "dreier"

Frequency rank: #5,820 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dreier"?
"dreier" is spelled D-R-E-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁaɪ̯ɐ].
What does "dreier" mean?
As a num, "dreier" means: Genitiv Plural der Flexion ohne bestimmten Artikel der Kardinalzahl drei
What words are commonly confused with "dreier"?
"dreier" is commonly confused with "drein", "drüber", "dreist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dreier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dreier" is [ˈdʁaɪ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dreier" come from?
"dreier" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.