draper

\dʁa.pe\

/\dʁa.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“draper” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,989
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvrir de drap, ou plus généralement de draperies tendues en signe de deuil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-draper · draper · French

draper · rank #34,989 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,989
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dominicale

Nearest frequency peer: dominicale (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « draper »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « draper » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

draper vs draps
67% similar
draper vs duper
67% similar
draper vs driver
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for draper
PropertyValue
Headworddraper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dʁa.pe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,989
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « draper »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).draperse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dominicale » (#34,988), « dress » (#34,990), « dominateur » (#34,987). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « draper » est au #34,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around draper (IPA \dʁa.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,989 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for draper, with forms such as "darper", "ddraper", and "draepr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "draps", "duper", "driver", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is draper, spelled D-R-A-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvrir de drap, ou plus généralement de draperies tendues en signe de deuil.
  2. 2
    Habiller une figure, ou en représenter les vêtements amples, formant des plis.
  3. 3
    Garnir d’une étoffe de manière à ce qu’elle forme des plis harmonieux.
  4. 4
    Disposer une tenture.
  5. 5
    Donner une apparence trompeuse.
  6. 6
    Faire un portrait satirique de quelqu’un.
  7. 7
    Arranger ses vêtements, pour un acteur, surtout lorsqu’il est habillé à la grecque ou à la romaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how draper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Draper les piliers, les chaises d’une église.
  2. On remarqua dans la ville ce deuil, et l'on jasa. On en conclut qu'il avait quelque alliance avec le vénérable évêque. "Il drape pour l'évêque de Digne", dirent les salons.

This word in other languages

drape(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • darper
  • ddraper
  • draepr
  • draperr
  • drapper
  • drapre
  • drpaer
  • drraper
  • rdaper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of draper - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

darper2ddraper1draepr2draperr1drapper1drapre2drpaer2drraper1
Edit distance from "draper"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "draper"?
"draper" is spelled D-R-A-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁa.pe\.
What does "draper" mean?
As a verb, "draper" means: Couvrir de drap, ou plus généralement de draperies tendues en signe de deuil.
What words are commonly confused with "draper"?
"draper" is commonly confused with "draps", "duper", "driver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "draper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "draper" is \dʁa.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "draper" come from?
"draper" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "draper", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dindon#34,981démodé#34,998créons#34,969crunch#34,968

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

effusion9 variantsembellie9 variantscopeaux9 variantsCochin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list