drug
[dɹʌɡ]
The verdict
“drug” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,692
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs drag
Corpus desk
Index DE-drug · drug · German
drug · rank #38,692 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,692
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Druckluft
Nearest frequency peer: Druckluft (-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 „drug“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dreifaltigk…
Dreifaltigkeit
61,312 corpus weight
- Dressing
Dressing
61,311 corpus weight
- Druckluft
Druckluft
61,310 corpus weight
- drug
drug
61,309 corpus weight
- DUH
DUH
61,308 corpus weight
- Durchblicken
Durchblicken
61,307 corpus weight
What this shows „drug“ 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 | drug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɹʌɡ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „drug“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around drug (IPA [dɹʌɡ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,692 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs drag".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for drug, with forms such as "ddrug", "drgu", and "drrug". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "duo", "Dur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is drug, spelled D-R-U-G.
Definition
- 1Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs drag
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrug
- drgu
- drrug
- drugg
- durg
- rdug
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drug - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "drug", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).