draws
/dɹɔːz/
"draws" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“draws” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,047 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,047
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural 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 | draws |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɹɔːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “draws” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for draws is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɹɔːz/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,047 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of draw".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for draws, with forms such as "darws", "ddraws", and "drasw". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "drew", "drugs", "dress", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From draw + -s (plural suffix). The correct English form is draws, spelled D-R-A-W-S.
Definition
- 1plural of draw
Etymology
From draw + -s (plural suffix).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: darws,ddraws,drasw,drawss,drawws,drraws,drwas,rdaws
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of draws - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “draws”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-W-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɹɔːz/ (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. draws 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.