dragée

\dʁa.ʒe\

/\dʁa.ʒe\/ noun

The verdict

“dragée” is uncommon French (frequency #64,382 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,382
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dragee · dragée · French

dragée · rank #64,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,382
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dragueurs

Nearest frequency peer: dragueurs (-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 « dragée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dragée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dragée
PropertyValue
Headworddragée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁa.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dragée » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dragéetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dragueurs » (#64,381), « dressera » (#64,383), « DPA » (#64,380). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dragée » est au #64,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dragée is uncommon French at frequency #64,382 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for dragée in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dragée, spelled D-R-A-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré.
  2. 2
    Médicament enrobé d'une couche de sucre pour que l'absorption en soit facilitée.
  3. 3
    Menu plomb dont on se sert pour tirer aux oiseaux.
  4. 4
    Balle d’arme à feu
  5. 5
    Muscardine de vers à soie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dragée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une boîte de dragées.
  2. —Je pense bien que Mme Silvert nous donnera bientôt l’occasion de sucer quelques dragées. Pour ma part, j’en commanderai au kirsch, ne pouvant les avaler qu’au kirsch.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dragée"?
"dragée" is spelled D-R-A-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁa.ʒe\.
What does "dragée" mean?
As a noun, "dragée" means: Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré.
How do you pronounce "dragée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dragée" is \dʁa.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dragée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dragée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list