drap funéraire
\dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“drap funéraire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’étoffe recouvrant un cercueil durant une cérémonie funèbre.
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Index FR-drap-funeraire · drap funéraire · French
drap funéraire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 funéraire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
drap funéraire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce d’étoffe recouvrant un cercueil durant une cérémonie funèbre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for drap funéraire, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 funéraire, spelled D-R-A-P- -F-U-N-É-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce d’étoffe recouvrant un cercueil durant une cérémonie funèbre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how drap funéraire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il raccrocha l’appareil comme il eût rabattu un drap funéraire.
Synonyms
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.