drap de bain
\dʁa.də.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“drap de bain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande pièce de tissus que l’on plaçait autrefois dans la baignoire pour éviter son contact avec la peau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drap-de-bain · drap de bain · French
drap de bain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drap de bain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.də.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
drap de bain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.də.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for drap de bain in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is drap de bain, spelled D-R-A-P- -D-E- -B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Grande pièce de tissus que l’on plaçait autrefois dans la baignoire pour éviter son contact avec la peau.
- 2Serviette de toilette de grande taille, généralement au delà de 50cm X 1m20.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drap de bain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait un drap de bain qui s’interposait entre le cuivre et l’eau et bien souvent on se baignait en chemise de bain.
Il choisit une place, sort un drap de bain de son sac, l’étend par terre et s’assoit.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.