dreist
[dʁaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“dreist” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #15,066 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,066
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne Respekt, ohne Zurückhaltung
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 | dreist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dʁaɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dreist” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dreist is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʁaɪ̯st]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,066 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ohne Respekt, ohne Zurückhaltung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dreist, with forms such as "ddreist", "derist", and "dreisst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "dritt", "dress", "Drift", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 dreist, spelled D-R-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1ohne Respekt, ohne Zurückhaltung
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddreist,derist,dreisst,dreistt,dreits,dresit,driest,drreist,rdeist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dreist - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “dreist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-E-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dʁaɪ̯st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dritt” - see the side-by-side comparison. dreist vs dritt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.