# Dresden

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɹɛzdən/ · frequency rank #20,906

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
2. A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
3. A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
4. The Bombing of Dresden.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

## Easily confused with
- **Dryden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dresden-vs-dryden)
- **dressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dresden-vs-dressed)
- **dresses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dresden-vs-dresses)
- **dresser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dresden-vs-dresser)
- **dreaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreaded-vs-dresden)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddresden`, `dersden`, `dredsen`, `dresdden`, `dresdenn`, `dresdne`, `dresedn`, `dressden`, `drresden`, `drseden`, `rdesden`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dresden