Dreirad
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Dreirad” is uncommon German (frequency #51,248 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,248
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefährt ähnlich einem Fahrrad mit drei Rädern (beim Kinderfahrzeug eins vorne, zwei hinten)
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreirad · Dreirad · German
Dreirad · rank #51,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,248
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Downhill
Nearest frequency peer: Downhill (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Dreirad“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dire
dire
48,758 corpus weight
- Diskotheken
Diskotheken
48,756 corpus weight
- Doodle
Doodle
48,755 corpus weight
- Downhill
Downhill
48,754 corpus weight
- Dreirad
Dreirad
48,753 corpus weight
- droit
droit
48,751 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dreirad“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreirad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreirad“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreirad is uncommon German at frequency #51,248 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dreirad in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dreirad, spelled D-R-E-I-R-A-D.
Definition
- 1Gefährt ähnlich einem Fahrrad mit drei Rädern (beim Kinderfahrzeug eins vorne, zwei hinten)
- 2Kleintransporter mit einem Vorder- und zwei Hinterrädern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dreirad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der kleine Ben fährt gerne auf seinem Dreirad.
„Mal fanden wir das Dreirad unten bei der Hausruine und mal umgekippt auf dem Spielplatz.“
This word in other languages
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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