drakkar
\dʁa.kaʁ\
The verdict
“drakkar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,292
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bateau léger à voiles et à rames, à l'étrave très relevée, utilisé par les Vikings du haut Moyen Âge.
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 | drakkar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drakkar” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around drakkar (IPA \dʁa.kaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,292 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for drakkar, with forms such as "darkkar", "ddrakkar", and "drakakr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Dakar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is drakkar, spelled D-R-A-K-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1Bateau léger à voiles et à rames, à l'étrave très relevée, utilisé par les Vikings du haut Moyen Âge.
- 2Meuble représentant le bateau du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté de profil, équipé de boucliers, arborant une tête de dragon ou une spirale en proue et muni d’une voile rectangulaire. À rapprocher de bateau, flobard, gabarot, galère, navire, nef et vaisseau.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- darkkar
- ddrakkar
- drakakr
- drakar
- drakkarr
- drakkra
- drkakar
- drrakkar
- rdakkar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drakkar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “drakkar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-A-K-K-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁa.kaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Dakar” - see the side-by-side comparison. drakkar vs Dakar
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.