dragonne

\dʁa.ɡɔn\

/\dʁa.ɡɔn\/ noun

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The verdict

“dragonne” is uncommon French (frequency #75,614 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,614
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dracène, dragon femelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dragonne · dragonne · French

dragonne · rank #75,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,614
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dragan

Nearest frequency peer: dragan (-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 « dragonne »

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 « dragonne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dragonne
PropertyValue
Headworddragonne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁa.ɡɔn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,614
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dragonne » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dragonnetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dragan » (#75,613), « Drees » (#75,615), « drachmes » (#75,612). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dragonne » est au #75,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dragonne is uncommon French at frequency #75,614 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.ɡɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dragonne, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dragonne, spelled D-R-A-G-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dracène, dragon femelle.
  2. 2
    Femme vive et acariâtre, dragon.
  3. 3
    Batterie de tambour particulière aux dragons.
  4. 4
    Cordon ou galon d’or, d’argent, de laine, etc., qui est ordinairement terminé par un gland, et dont on garnit la poignée d’une épée ou d’un sabre.
  5. 5
    Cordon en forme d’anneau fixé à certains objets pour éviter leur chute accidentelle.
  6. 6
    Lanière de bâton de ski.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et elle allait, comme une dragonne, au milieu des gibets, pour tirer les yeux aux pendus ; et, comme une paladine, à travers les cimetières, pour arracher les ongles des morts, à la belle heure de minuit.
  2. Sainte-Marthe a le pied sur la dragonne.

This word in other languages

dragoness(English)dragona(Español)Drachin(Deutsch)

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 "dragonne"?
"dragonne" is spelled D-R-A-G-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁa.ɡɔn\.
What does "dragonne" mean?
As a noun, "dragonne" means: Dracène, dragon femelle.
How do you pronounce "dragonne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dragonne" is \dʁa.ɡɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

drachmes#75,612duodénum#75,618Dutertre#75,619Disraeli#75,605

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list