treib
[tʁaɪ̯p]
The verdict
“treib” is uncommon German (frequency #57,478 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,478
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treiben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | treib |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tʁaɪ̯p] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “treib” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
treib is uncommon German at frequency #57,478 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [tʁaɪ̯p]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treiben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for treib, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 treib, spelled T-R-E-I-B.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treiben
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 “treib”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-E-I-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.