Dreisatz
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌzat͡s]
The verdict
“Dreisatz” is uncommon German (frequency #95,438 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,438
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rechenverfahren, mit dem aus drei gegebenen Werten eines Verhältnisses der unbekannte vierte Wert berechnet werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreisatz · Dreisatz · German
Dreisatz · rank #95,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,438
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH dreimonatige
Nearest frequency peer: dreimonatige (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dreisatz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dramatikers
Dramatikers
4,566 corpus weight
- drankommen
drankommen
4,565 corpus weight
- dreimonatige
dreimonatige
4,564 corpus weight
- Dreisatz
Dreisatz
4,563 corpus weight
- dringe
dringe
4,562 corpus weight
- Drogenprobl…
Drogenproblem
4,561 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dreisatz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreisatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌzat͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dreisatz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dreisatz is uncommon German at frequency #95,438 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌzat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rechenverfahren, mit dem aus drei gegebenen Werten eines Verhältnisses der unbekannte vierte Wert berechnet werden kann".
Dreisatz has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dreisatz, spelled D-R-E-I-S-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Rechenverfahren, mit dem aus drei gegebenen Werten eines Verhältnisses der unbekannte vierte Wert berechnet werden kann
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.