# dram

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹæm/ · frequency rank #31,148

## Definitions
1. A small unit of weight, variously:
2. A small unit of weight, variously:
3. A small unit of weight, variously:
4. A small unit of weight, variously:
5. Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
6. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
7. Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.

## Etymology
From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

## Easily confused with
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dry)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dre)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dum)
- **DSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dsm)
- **DRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drc)
- **DRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drm)
- **dua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dua)
- **DRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dri)
- **DSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dsa)
- **Dru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dru)
- **drop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drop)
- **drug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drug)
- **draw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-draw)
- **drew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drew)
- **dual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dual)
- **drum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drum)
- **drip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drip)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dura)
- **dream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-dream)
- **drama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dram-vs-drama)

## Common misspellings (6)
`darm`, `ddram`, `dramm`, `drma`, `drram`, `rdam`

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