drew
/dɹuː/
"drew" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drew” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,226
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of draw
Corpus desk
Index EN-drew · drew · English
drew · rank #3,226 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,226
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Donald
Nearest frequency peer: Donald (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “drew”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- courses
courses
96,778 corpus weight
- courts
courts
96,777 corpus weight
- Donald
Donald
96,776 corpus weight
- drew
drew
96,775 corpus weight
- egg
egg
96,774 corpus weight
- element
element
96,773 corpus weight
What this shows “drew” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | drew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɹuː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “drew”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around drew (IPA /dɹuː/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,226 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for drew, with forms such as "ddrew", "derw", and "dreww". 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, "dw", "due", "dry", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is drew, spelled D-R-E-W.
Definition
- 1simple past of draw
- 2past participle of draw
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drew appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrew
- derw
- dreww
- drrew
- drwe
- rdew
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drew - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drew", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).