drin
[dʁɪn]
The verdict
“drin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,126
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend
Corpus desk
Index DE-drin · drin · German
drin · rank #1,126 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,126
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Bericht
Nearest frequency peer: Bericht (-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 “drin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Werk
Werk
98,878 corpus weight
- Begriff
Begriff
98,877 corpus weight
- Bericht
Bericht
98,876 corpus weight
- drin
drin
98,875 corpus weight
- erwarten
erwarten
98,874 corpus weight
- Fans
Fans
98,873 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “drin” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | drin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [dʁɪn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “drin” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around drin (IPA [dʁɪn]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,126 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for drin, with forms such as "ddrin", "dirn", and "drinn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DRK", "dry", "DRS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 drin, spelled D-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend
- 2in einem Raum oder Gebäude
- 3möglich, annehmbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ist im Kühlschrank noch Käse drin?
Ist er noch drin? Nein, er ist eben herausgegangen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrin
- dirn
- drinn
- drni
- drrin
- rdin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drin - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "drin". Here's where to go from here.
- "drin" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "DRK". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,126 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.