Droge
[ˈdʁoːɡə]
The verdict
“Droge” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,212
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substanz biologischen Ursprungs, die eine heilende Wirkung auf den Körper hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-droge · Droge · German
Droge · rank #11,212 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,212
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dreieck
Nearest frequency peer: Dreieck (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Droge“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- dienten
dienten
88,792 corpus weight
- Dilemma
Dilemma
88,791 corpus weight
- Dreieck
Dreieck
88,790 corpus weight
- Droge
Droge
88,789 corpus weight
- DSL
DSL
88,788 corpus weight
- durchgehen
durchgehen
88,786 corpus weight
What this shows „Droge“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Droge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁoːɡə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Droge“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Droge (IPA [ˈdʁoːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,212 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Droge, with forms such as "ddroge", "dorge", and "drgoe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "drop", "drug", "droht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Droge, spelled D-R-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1Substanz biologischen Ursprungs, die eine heilende Wirkung auf den Körper hat
- 2Stoff, der den Konsumenten psychisch sehr stark beeinflusst (anregt, dämpft, berauscht)
- 3etwas, von dem man abhängig ist, das einen berauscht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Droge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ursprünglich wurde mit dem Begriff Droge eine Drogenpflanze bezeichnet, die pharmazeutisch wirksame Substanzen enthält.“
Kokain und Heroin sind gefährliche Drogen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddroge
- dorge
- drgoe
- droeg
- drogge
- drroge
- rdoge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Droge - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Droge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).