drap

\dʁa\

/\dʁa\/ noun

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The verdict

“drap” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,130
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande pièce de toile, généralement utilisée par paire, avec laquelle on garnit un lit pour isoler le corps, soit du matelas, soit des couvertures. Ellipse de drap de linge, devenu désuet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-drap · drap · French

drap · rank #15,130 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,130
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dosage

Nearest frequency peer: dosage (-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 « drap »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « drap » 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).

drap vs dre
50% similar
drap vs DRH
0% similar
drap vs dry
50% similar

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

Key facts for drap
PropertyValue
Headworddrap
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,130
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « drap »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).drapse 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 « dosage » (#15,129), « déchéance » (#15,131), « donateurs » (#15,128). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « drap » est au #15,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around drap (IPA \dʁa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,130 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for drap, with forms such as "darp", "ddrap", and "drapp". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dre", "DRH", "dry", 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 drap, spelled D-R-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande pièce de toile, généralement utilisée par paire, avec laquelle on garnit un lit pour isoler le corps, soit du matelas, soit des couvertures. Ellipse de drap de linge, devenu désuet.
  2. 2
    Étoffe de laine pure ou mélangée, à la surface duveteuse, que diverses opérations ont resserrée et rendue plus résistante.
  3. 3
    Tissu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une paire de draps.
  2. Ensuite elles prennent un drap, chacune des deux mains, ouvrent les bras tout grands et reculent de quelques pas. Silence. Elle se sont placées près de la fenêtre et leurs yeux vont d’un bord à l’autre de la toile, avec l’effroi d’y découvrir un accroc. Mais il n’y a rien. Ma mère a dit : « Bon », et elles sont revenues l’une vers l’autre, elles ont repli…

This word in other languages

sheet(English)sábana(Español)Laken(Deutsch)lençol(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • darp
  • ddrap
  • drapp
  • drpa
  • drrap
  • rdap

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

darp2ddrap1drapp1drpa2drrap1rdap2
Edit distance from "drap"

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 "drap"?
"drap" is spelled D-R-A-P. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁa\.
What does "drap" mean?
As a noun, "drap" means: Grande pièce de toile, généralement utilisée par paire, avec laquelle on garnit un lit pour isoler le corps, soit du matelas, soit des couvertures. Ellipse de drap de linge, devenu désuet.
What words are commonly confused with "drap"?
"drap" is commonly confused with "dre", "DRH", "dry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drap"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drap" is \dʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drap" come from?
"drap" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dawn#15,121five#15,146cils#15,107Hand#15,154

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

crues6 variantshelp6 variantsatome6 variantsalliée6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list