Drossel
[ˈdʁɔsl̩]
The verdict
“Drossel” is uncommon German (frequency #57,781 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,781
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gattung insektenfressender Singvogel, deutlich größer als ein Spatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-drossel · Drossel · German
Drossel · rank #57,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,781
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dringendsten
Nearest frequency peer: dringendsten (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Drossel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- drehenden
drehenden
42,224 corpus weight
- Drehkreuz
Drehkreuz
42,223 corpus weight
- dreieckigen
dreieckigen
42,222 corpus weight
- dringendsten
dringendsten
42,221 corpus weight
- Drossel
Drossel
42,220 corpus weight
- Dudelsack
Dudelsack
42,218 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Drossel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drossel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɔsl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drossel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drossel is uncommon German at frequency #57,781 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁɔsl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Drossel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Drossel, spelled D-R-O-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1eine Gattung insektenfressender Singvogel, deutlich größer als ein Spatz
- 2die Singdrossel, die zur Gattung der Echten Drosseln gehört
- 3die Familie Turdidae
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drossel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele nordische Drosseln überwintern in Mitteleuropa.
„Eine der wenigen Begebenheiten, die den beschaulichen Inselalltag aus dem Rhythmus brachten, war der Zug der Stare, Drosseln und Schnepfen, die im Frühjahr und Herbst auf der Insel zwischenlandeten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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