drin

/[dʁɪn]/ adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,126

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

drin is anGermanadv. It means: eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend Pronounced [dʁɪn]. It ranks #1,126 in German word frequency. Often confused with DRK and dry.

Key facts for drin
PropertyValue
Headworddrin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[dʁɪn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,126
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of drin in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for drin is 4 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʁɪn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,126 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for drin, with forms such as "ddrin", "dirn", and "drinn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is drin, spelled D-R-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend
  2. 2
    in einem Raum oder Gebäude
  3. 3
    möglich, annehmbar

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddrin,dirn,drinn,drni,drrin,rdin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for drin

Misspelling Variants of "drin"

ddrin5dirn4drinn5drni4drrin5rdin4
Misspelling Variants of "drin"

Frequency rank: #1,126 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drin"?
"drin" is spelled D-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dʁɪn].
What does "drin" mean?
As an adv, "drin" means: eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend
What words are commonly confused with "drin"?
"drin" is commonly confused with "DRK", "dry", "DRS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drin" is [dʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drin" come from?
"drin" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.