dragée
\dʁa.ʒe\
The verdict
“dragée” is an uncommon French word, ranked #64,382 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,382
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dragée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dragée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dragée is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʁa.ʒe\. Corpus data places it at rank #64,382 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré.
- 2Médicament enrobé d'une couche de sucre pour que l'absorption en soit facilitée.
- 3Menu plomb dont on se sert pour tirer aux oiseaux.
- 4Balle d’arme à feu
- 5Muscardine de vers à soie.
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.
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Using “dragée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-A-G-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁa.ʒe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.