Drilling
[ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Drilling” is an uncommon German word, ranked #87,603 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #87,603
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drilling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drilling” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Drilling is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,603 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Drilling in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Drilling, spelled D-R-I-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind
- 2eine Schusswaffe mit drei Läufen
- 3eine Kartoffel, die die für die jeweilige Knollenform vorgeschriebene Mindestgröße von 35 mm bei langovalen bis langen Sorten und 40 mm bei runden Sorten unterschreitet
- 4ein Angelhaken mit drei Hakenspitzen die meist im Winkel vom 120° zueinander angeordnet sind
- 5drei Spielkarten mit dem gleichen Wert
Synonyms
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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 “Drilling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-I-L-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.