Drogenboss

[ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌbɔs]

/[ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌbɔs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Drogenboss” is uncommon German (frequency #90,158 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,158
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oberhaupt einer kriminellen Organisation, die Drogenhandel betreibt

Corpus desk

Index DE-drogenboss · Drogenboss · German

Drogenboss · rank #90,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,158
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dressurreiten

Nearest frequency peer: Dressurreiten (-2 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 „Drogenboss“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Drogenboss
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrogenboss
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌbɔs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,158
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Drogenboss“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Drogenbossfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dressurreiten“ (#90,156), „Druckverfahren“ (#90,160), „dreiwöchigen“ (#90,155). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Drogenboss“ bei #90,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Drogenboss is uncommon German at frequency #90,158 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌbɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oberhaupt einer kriminellen Organisation, die Drogenhandel betreibt".

Drogenboss doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Drogenboss, spelled D-R-O-G-E-N-B-O-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oberhaupt einer kriminellen Organisation, die Drogenhandel betreibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Dawood Ibrahim, berüchtigter Waffen- und Drogenboss aus Mumbai, soll sich mit pakistanischer Hilfe Ende der 1990er Jahre nach Karatschi abgesetzt haben.“
  2. „Es hat eben seine Vorteile, wenn man seit fünf Jahren der profitabelste Vertriebsmitarbeiter des Drogenbosses ist.“

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 "Drogenboss"?
"Drogenboss" is spelled D-R-O-G-E-N-B-O-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌbɔs].
What does "Drogenboss" mean?
As a noun, "Drogenboss" means: Oberhaupt einer kriminellen Organisation, die Drogenhandel betreibt
How do you pronounce "Drogenboss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drogenboss" is [ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌbɔs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drogenboss" come from?
"Drogenboss" 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 "Drogenboss", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

durchgeben#90,166eingesteht#90,182demütigend#90,132einschalte#90,186

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list