drap-housse
\dʁa.us\
The verdict
“drap-housse” 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 September 3, 2026) - Drap dont les coins sont munis d’élastiques qui enveloppe un matelas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drap-housse · drap-housse · French
drap-housse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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-housse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.us\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « drap-housse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
drap-housse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.us\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drap dont les coins sont munis d’élastiques qui enveloppe un matelas.".
Zero misspellings are on record for drap-housse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is drap-housse, spelled D-R-A-P---H-O-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Drap dont les coins sont munis d’élastiques qui enveloppe un matelas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drap-housse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les femmes se ménageaient des apartés sur des questions domestiques – le pliage des draps-housses, l’usure des jeans au genoux, le détachage du vin sur la nappe avec du sel – dans une conversation dont les hommes gardaient le monopole des sujets.
J’atterris avec douceur, près de son visage, sur son drap-housse en soie.
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.