drawn
/dɹɔːn/
"drawn" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drawn” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,829 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,829
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - past participle of draw
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drawn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɹɔːn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drawn” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for drawn is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɹɔːn/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,829 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "past participle of draw".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for drawn, with forms such as "darwn", "ddrawn", and "dranw". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "drew", "draws", "drown", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Morphologically draw + -n. The correct English form is drawn, spelled D-R-A-W-N.
Definition
- 1past participle of draw
Etymology
Morphologically draw + -n.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: darwn,ddrawn,dranw,drawnn,drawwn,drrawn,drwan,rdawn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drawn - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “drawn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɹɔːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “drew” - see the side-by-side comparison. drawn vs drew
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.