Dresden
[ˈdʁeːsdn̩]
The verdict
“Dresden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,385 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #1,385
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kreisfreie Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland, Hauptstadt des Freistaates Sachsen, ehemalige Hauptstadt und Residenzstadt des Kurfürstentums Sachsen, des Königreiches Sachsen-Polen, des Königreiches Sac...
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 | Dresden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dresden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dresden is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁeːsdn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,385 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dresden, with forms such as "ddresden", "dersden", and "dredsen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Drüsen", "Dresdner", "Dresdens", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dresden, spelled D-R-E-S-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1kreisfreie Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland, Hauptstadt des Freistaates Sachsen, ehemalige Hauptstadt und Residenzstadt des Kurfürstentums Sachsen, des Königreiches Sachsen-Polen, des Königreiches Sachsen
- 2Ort in Kent County, Ontario, Kanada
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddresden,dersden,dredsen,dresdden,dresdenn,dresdne,dresedn,dressden,drresden,drseden,rdesden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dresden - 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 “Dresden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-E-S-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Drüsen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dresden vs Drüsen
- 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.