dra
\ˈdrɑː\
The verdict
“dra” is uncommon French (frequency #59,228 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,228
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme mutée de tra par adoucissement (t → d).
Corpus desk
Index FR-dra · dra · French
dra · rank #59,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,228
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH douro
Nearest frequency peer: douro (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dorado
dorado
40,777 corpus weight
- dormis
dormis
40,776 corpus weight
- doublait
doublait
40,775 corpus weight
- douro
douro
40,774 corpus weight
- dra
dra
40,773 corpus weight
- drépanocyto…
drépanocytose
40,772 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdrɑː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dra is uncommon French at frequency #59,228 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈdrɑː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de tra par adoucissement (t → d).".
Zero misspellings are on record for dra in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dra, spelled D-R-A.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de tra par adoucissement (t → d).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soubenn an tri dra : dour, holen ha bara.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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