drap de lit
\dʁa.də.li\
The verdict
“drap de lit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce de tissu utilisée comme linge de lit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drap de lit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.də.li\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drap de lit” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
drap de lit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.də.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce de tissu utilisée comme linge de lit.".
Zero misspellings are on record for drap de lit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 drap de lit, spelled D-R-A-P- -D-E- -L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Pièce de tissu utilisée comme linge de lit.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is D-R-A-P- -D-E- -L-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.