drama

\ˈdɹɑː.mə\

/\ˈdɹɑː.mə\/ noun

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The verdict

“drama” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,035
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-drama · drama · French

drama · rank #11,035 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,035
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Douglas

Nearest frequency peer: Douglas (-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 « drama »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « drama » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drama vs drap
60% similar
drama vs drum
60% similar
drama vs dray
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drama
PropertyValue
Headworddrama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdɹɑː.mə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,035
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « drama »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dramase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Douglas » (#11,034), « dynamiques » (#11,036), « diabète » (#11,032). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « drama » est au #11,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around drama (IPA \ˈdɹɑː.mə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,035 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for drama, with forms such as "darma", "ddrama", and "draam". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "drap", "drum", "dray", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is drama, spelled D-R-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Drame.
  2. 2
    Œuvre dramatique.
  3. 3
    Cinéma (mensonge ou action non spontanée effectuée en public).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A drama is a dramatic situation in real life.
  2. A drama is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • darma
  • ddrama
  • draam
  • dramma
  • drmaa
  • drrama
  • rdama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drama - 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.

darma2ddrama1draam2dramma1drmaa2drrama1rdama2
Edit distance from "drama"

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 "drama"?
"drama" is spelled D-R-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdɹɑː.mə\.
What does "drama" mean?
As a noun, "drama" means: Drame.
What words are commonly confused with "drama"?
"drama" is commonly confused with "drap", "drum", "dray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drama" is \ˈdɹɑː.mə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drama" come from?
"drama" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ferez#11,048fondu#11,053idole#11,070Indes#11,073

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fouille7 variantsarène7 variantsarche7 variantsLinda7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list