# draught

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹɑːft/ · frequency rank #26,069

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
2. A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
3. Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
4. A mild vesicatory.
5. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
6. Any picture or drawing.
7. A sudden attack upon an enemy.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **drought** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draught-vs-drought)
- **draft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draft-vs-draught)

## Common misspellings (11)
`darught`, `ddraught`, `draguht`, `draugght`, `draughht`, `draughtt`, `draugth`, `drauhgt`, `drraught`, `druaght`, `rdaught`

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