Draveil
\dʁa.vɛj\
The verdict
“Draveil” is uncommon French (frequency #68,217 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,217
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Essonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-draveil · Draveil · French
Draveil · rank #68,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,217
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DPCP
Nearest frequency peer: DPCP (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Draveil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Doriot
Doriot
31,787 corpus weight
- Dourdan
Dourdan
31,786 corpus weight
- DPCP
DPCP
31,785 corpus weight
- Draveil
Draveil
31,784 corpus weight
- duh
duh
31,783 corpus weight
- durcissent
durcissent
31,781 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Draveil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Draveil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dʁa.vɛj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Draveil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Draveil is uncommon French at frequency #68,217 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dʁa.vɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Draveil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Draveil, spelled D-R-A-V-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Essonne.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Essonne.
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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