dragues
\dʁaɡ\
The verdict
“dragues” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,291
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de drague.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dragues · dragues · French
dragues · rank #47,291 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,291
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diurnes
Nearest frequency peer: diurnes (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dragues »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dissimulant
dissimulant
52,713 corpus weight
- dissipée
dissipée
52,712 corpus weight
- diurnes
diurnes
52,711 corpus weight
- dragues
dragues
52,710 corpus weight
- drakkar
drakkar
52,709 corpus weight
- drum
drum
52,708 corpus weight
What this shows « dragues » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dragues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁaɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dragues »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around dragues (IPA \dʁaɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,291 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de drague.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dragues, with forms such as "dargues", "ddragues", and "drageus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "drogue", "drames", "drogues", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dragues, spelled D-R-A-G-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de drague.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dragues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dragues, chaluts de fond, sennes démersales… Ces techniques de pêche, qui débarquent à elles trois 36 % des volumes des poissons pêchés par les bateaux français, ont un point commun : l’utilisation d’engins traînants, déposés sur les fonds marins et reliés par câbles à un ou plusieurs bateaux qui les tractent sur de longues distances.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dargues
- ddragues
- drageus
- draggues
- draguess
- draguse
- drauges
- drgaues
- drragues
- rdagues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dragues - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).