# drake

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹeɪk/ · frequency rank #7,557

## Definitions
1. A male duck.

## Etymology
From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

## Easily confused with
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-dre)
- **draw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-draw)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-duke)
- **dyke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-dyke)
- **dram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-dram)
- **drive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drive)
- **drama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drama)
- **drawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drawn)
- **drove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drove)
- **draws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-draws)
- **drone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drone)
- **drank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drank)
- **Duane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-duane)
- **drape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drape)
- **Druze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-druze)
- **drawer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drawer)
- **draper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-draper)
- **draped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-draped)
- **drapes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drake-vs-drapes)
- **DAE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dae-vs-drake)

## Common misspellings (7)
`darke`, `ddrake`, `draek`, `drakke`, `drkae`, `drrake`, `rdake`

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