drag parachute
"drag-parachute" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drag parachute” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drag parachute |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drag parachute” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
drag parachute is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.".
No misspelling variants are generated for drag parachute in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is drag parachute, spelled D-R-A-G- -P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “drag parachute”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-G- -P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-E - 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.