draaien
The verdict
“draaien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tourner, faire un mouvement de rotation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | draaien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “draaien” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
draaien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
draaien has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is draaien, spelled D-R-A-A-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tourner, faire un mouvement de rotation.
- 2Tourner, travailler au tour.
- 3Se tourner.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “draaien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-A-A-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.