Dreal
The verdict
“Dreal” is uncommon French (frequency #53,907 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,907
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Direction régionale de l’environnement, de l’aménagement et du logement, service de l'État français déconcentré dans chaque région.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dreal · Dreal · French
Dreal · rank #53,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,907
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dounia
Nearest frequency peer: Dounia (-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 « Dreal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- doublures
doublures
46,097 corpus weight
- doubt
doubt
46,096 corpus weight
- Dounia
Dounia
46,095 corpus weight
- Dreal
Dreal
46,094 corpus weight
- dubstep
dubstep
46,093 corpus weight
- dux
dux
46,091 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dreal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dreal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dreal is uncommon French at frequency #53,907 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Direction régionale de l’environnement, de l’aménagement et du logement, service de l'État français déconcentré dans chaque région.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dreal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Dreal, spelled D-R-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1Direction régionale de l’environnement, de l’aménagement et du logement, service de l'État français déconcentré dans chaque région.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dreal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2021, la Direction régionale de l’environnement, de l’aménagement et du logement (Dreal) de Nouvelle-Aquitaine a fait mener une étude sur les usages et l’avenir du parc.
On peut télécharger une brochure sur le sujet, sur le site internet de la Dreal Occitanie (Direction régionale de l’environnement, de l’aménagement et du logement).
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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