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
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs drag
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) |
Where “drug” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around drug (IPA [dɹʌɡ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,692 among 45,632 “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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Using “drug”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-U-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dɹʌɡ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “du” - see the side-by-side comparison. drug vs du
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.