drap funéraire

\dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\

/\dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“drap funéraire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce d’étoffe recouvrant un cercueil durant une cérémonie funèbre.

Key facts for drap funéraire
PropertyValue
Headworddrap funéraire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “drap funéraire” sits in French frequency

drap funéraire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for drap funéraire is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    Pièce d’étoffe recouvrant un cercueil durant une cérémonie funèbre.

Synonyms

drap mortuaire

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drap funéraire"?
"drap funéraire" is spelled D-R-A-P- -F-U-N-É-R-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\.
What does "drap funéraire" mean?
As a noun, "drap funéraire" means: Pièce d’étoffe recouvrant un cercueil durant une cérémonie funèbre.
How do you pronounce "drap funéraire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drap funéraire" is \dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drap funéraire" come from?
"drap funéraire" 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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Using “drap funéraire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-R-A-P- -F-U-N-É-R-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \dʁa fy.ne.ʁɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list