Drohung

/[ˈdʁoːʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,528

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Drohung is aGermannoun. It means: die Ankündigung einer unangenehmen oder gesetzwidrigen Maßnahme, mit dem Ziel der Einschüchterung Pronounced [ˈdʁoːʊŋ]. It ranks #9,528 in German word frequency. Often confused with Drohungen and drohen.

Key facts for Drohung
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrohung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʁoːʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,528
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Drohung is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁoːʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,528 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Ankündigung einer unangenehmen oder gesetzwidrigen Maßnahme, mit dem Ziel der Einschüchterung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Drohung, with forms such as "ddrohung", "dorhung", and "drhoung". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Drohungen", "drohen", "Drohne", 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 Drohung, spelled D-R-O-H-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Ankündigung einer unangenehmen oder gesetzwidrigen Maßnahme, mit dem Ziel der Einschüchterung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddrohung,dorhung,drhoung,drohhung,drohnug,drohugn,drohungg,drohunng,drouhng,drrohung,rdohung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Drohung

Misspelling Variants of "Drohung"

ddrohung8dorhung7drhoung7drohhung8drohnug7drohugn7drohungg8drohunng8
Misspelling Variants of "Drohung"

Frequency rank: #9,528 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Drohung"?
"Drohung" is spelled D-R-O-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁoːʊŋ].
What does "Drohung" mean?
As a noun, "Drohung" means: die Ankündigung einer unangenehmen oder gesetzwidrigen Maßnahme, mit dem Ziel der Einschüchterung
What words are commonly confused with "Drohung"?
"Drohung" is commonly confused with "Drohungen", "drohen", "Drohne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Drohung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drohung" is [ˈdʁoːʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drohung" come from?
"Drohung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.