drat
/dɹæt/
"drat" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drat” is uncommon English (frequency #96,955 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,955
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To damn or curse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drat · drat · English
drat · rank #96,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,955
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH draftee
Nearest frequency peer: draftee (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “drat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dooming
dooming
3,051 corpus weight
- dormouse
dormouse
3,050 corpus weight
- draftee
draftee
3,047 corpus weight
- drat
drat
3,046 corpus weight
- dreamless
dreamless
3,045 corpus weight
- dropsy
dropsy
3,042 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “drat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɹæt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drat is uncommon English at frequency #96,955 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɹæt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To damn or curse.".
drat has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath. The correct English form is drat, spelled D-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1To damn or curse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Drat you and your evil schemes!
Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.
Etymology
An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).