draught
/dɹæft/noun, adjective, verb
draught is spelled D-R-A-U-G-H-T: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “draft vs draught” about 880 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, draught means “Alternative form of draft in some of its senses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of draught is draughts.
How many letters and syllables are in draught?
| Letters | 7: D-R-A-U-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is draught?
Draught appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce draught?
- UK /dɹɑːft/
- US /dɹæft/
- /dɹɔt/
Draught has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-draught.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_draught.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with draught
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: draft (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: draft.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with draught?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as draught from its last stressed vowel (/æft/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of draught
- draughts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- draughting participle, present
- draughted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does draught mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAlternative form of draft in some of its senses.
She could feel a draught where she was sitting.
- 2
UKA checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
- 3
AustraliaAle: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
- 4
UKobsoleteA mild vesicatory.
- 5
UKobsoleteAn outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- 6
UKobsoleteAny picture or drawing.
- 7
UKobsoleteA sudden attack upon an enemy.
adjective
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of draft
draught beer or cider
verb
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of draft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Draught in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense game piece:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Spielstein |
| Portuguese | peça (de damas) |
| Spanish | dama |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does draught come from?
From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).