driften
[ˈdʁɪftn̩]
The verdict
“driften” is uncommon German (frequency #54,450 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,450
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf dem Wasser treiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-driften · driften · German
driften · rank #54,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,450
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Dubrovnik
Nearest frequency peer: Dubrovnik (+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 “driften”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- diskriminie…
diskriminierende
45,555 corpus weight
- dojo
dojo
45,554 corpus weight
- driften
driften
45,551 corpus weight
- Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
45,550 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnitten
45,548 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit
45,547 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “driften” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | driften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɪftn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “driften” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
driften is uncommon German at frequency #54,450 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʁɪftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
driften doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is driften, spelled D-R-I-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf dem Wasser treiben
- 2unmerklich in eine bestimmte, zumeist verpönte Situation oder Geisteshaltung geraten
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "driften", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.