Drilling

[ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]

/[ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Drilling” is uncommon German (frequency #87,603 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,603
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind

Corpus desk

Index DE-drilling · Drilling · German

Drilling · rank #87,603 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,603
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Drehbeginn

Nearest frequency peer: Drehbeginn (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Drilling“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Drilling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Drilling
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrilling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,603
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Drilling“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Drillingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Drehbeginn“ (#87,602), „Drogenschmuggel“ (#87,604), „dorsal“ (#87,601). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Drilling“ bei #87,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Drilling is uncommon German at frequency #87,603 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind
  2. 2
    eine Schusswaffe mit drei Läufen
  3. 3
    eine Kartoffel, die die für die jeweilige Knollenform vorgeschriebene Mindestgröße von 35 mm bei langovalen bis langen Sorten und 40 mm bei runden Sorten unterschreitet
  4. 4
    ein Angelhaken mit drei Hakenspitzen die meist im Winkel vom 120° zueinander angeordnet sind
  5. 5
    drei Spielkarten mit dem gleichen Wert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Drilling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meine Schwester hat letzte Woche Drillinge zur Welt gebracht.
  2. „An der Ecke hatte eine Frau ihre Drillinge auf einer Plane ausgelegt wie Gemüse.“

Synonyms

FeldwareKleinsortierungThree of a Kind

Antonyms

EinlingZwillingVierlingFünfling

This word in other languages

triplet(English)trillizos(Español)triplés(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Drilling"?
"Drilling" is spelled D-R-I-L-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ].
What does "Drilling" mean?
As a noun, "Drilling" means: eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind
How do you pronounce "Drilling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drilling" is [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drilling" come from?
"Drilling" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Drilling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list