drachma
/ˈdɹæk.mə/
"drachma" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drachma” is an uncommon English word, ranked #92,548 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,548
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drachma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹæk.mə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drachma” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for drachma is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɹæk.mə/. Corpus data places it at rank #92,548 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for drachma in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin drachma and its etymon Doric Greek δρᾰχμᾱ́ (drăkhmā́). Doublet of dram, diram, dirham, dirhem, adarme, and dam. The correct English form is drachma, spelled D-R-A-C-H-M-A.
Definition
- 1The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- 2A coin worth one drachma.
- 3An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- 4A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin drachma and its etymon Doric Greek δρᾰχμᾱ́ (drăkhmā́). Doublet of dram, diram, dirham, dirhem, adarme, and dam.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-C-H-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɹæk.mə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.