draperie
\dʁa.pʁi\
The verdict
“draperie” is uncommon French (frequency #76,506 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,506
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manufacture ou commerce de drap.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | draperie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.pʁi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “draperie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
draperie is uncommon French at frequency #76,506 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁa.pʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for draperie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 draperie, spelled D-R-A-P-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Manufacture ou commerce de drap.
- 2Représentation d’une étoffe, d’un vêtement ample et formant des plis.
- 3Stalactite ayant la forme de tissus plissés.
- 4Ornements de tapisserie ou en général d’étoffes diverses qui ont une certaine ampleur et qui forment des plis.
- 5Grosse épingle courte.
- 6Action qui consiste à couvrir quelque chose d'un tissu noir en signe de deuil.
- 7Privilège de porter le deuil de cour.
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.
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Using “draperie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-A-P-E-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁa.pʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.