dram

\dʁam\

/\dʁam\/ noun

The verdict

“dram” is uncommon French (frequency #85,650 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,650
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité monétaire arménienne, dont le code ISO 4217 est AMD.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dram · dram · French

dram · rank #85,650 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,650
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH drafté

Nearest frequency peer: drafté (-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 « dram »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dram
PropertyValue
Headworddram
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁam\
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,650
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dram » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dramtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « drafté » (#85,649), « dressed » (#85,651), « doutera » (#85,648). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dram » est au #85,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dram is uncommon French at frequency #85,650 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité monétaire arménienne, dont le code ISO 4217 est AMD.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dram, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dram, spelled D-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité monétaire arménienne, dont le code ISO 4217 est AMD.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le voyage sera gratuit pour les habitants de la région, tandis que les autres devront payer 3.000 drams arméniens (six euros).

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 "dram"?
"dram" is spelled D-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁam\.
What does "dram" mean?
As a noun, "dram" means: Unité monétaire arménienne, dont le code ISO 4217 est AMD.
How do you pronounce "dram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dram" is \dʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dram" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list