Drancy

\dʁɑ̃.si\

/\dʁɑ̃.si\/ name

The verdict

“Drancy” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,731
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-drancy · Drancy · French

Drancy · rank #29,731 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,731
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dow

Nearest frequency peer: dow (-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 « Drancy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Drancy » 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).

Drancy vs dray
50% similar
Drancy vs Durance
71% similar
Drancy vs dany
50% similar

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

Key facts for Drancy
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrancy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dʁɑ̃.si\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,731
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Drancy »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Drancyse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dow » (#29,730), « drug » (#29,732), « dortoirs » (#29,729). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Drancy » est au #29,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Drancy (IPA \dʁɑ̃.si\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,731 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Drancy, with forms such as "darncy", "ddrancy", and "dracny". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "dray", "Durance", "dany", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Drancy, spelled D-R-A-N-C-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis.
  3. 3
    Canton français, situé dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce lundi, se tient le procès en diffamation intenté par l’ex-maire de Drancy contre la journaliste Eve Szeftel pour son livre Le Maire et les Barbares, dans lequel elle dénonçait notamment les pratiques clientélistes de Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
  2. Ainsi, on peut désormais aller aux archives Suzanne-Citron à Bobigny et déposer ses enfants aux crèches Emmi-Pikler et Virginia-Apgar à Drancy, Suzanne-Lacore et Betty-Williams à La Courneuve et Mariama-Bâ à Épinay-sur-Seine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • darncy
  • ddrancy
  • dracny
  • dranccy
  • drancyy
  • dranncy
  • dranyc
  • drnacy
  • drrancy
  • rdancy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Drancy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

darncy2ddrancy1dracny2dranccy1drancyy1dranncy1dranyc2drnacy2
Edit distance from "Drancy"

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 "Drancy"?
"Drancy" is spelled D-R-A-N-C-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁɑ̃.si\.
What does "Drancy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Drancy" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis.
What words are commonly confused with "Drancy"?
"Drancy" is commonly confused with "dray", "Durance", "dany". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Drancy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drancy" is \dʁɑ̃.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drancy" come from?
"Drancy" 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 "Drancy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list