Drees
The verdict
“Drees” is uncommon French (frequency #75,615 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,615
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Direction de l’administration publique centrale française produisant des travaux de statistiques et d’études socio-économiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drees · Drees · French
Drees · rank #75,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,615
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dragonne
Nearest frequency peer: dragonne (-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 « Drees »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- drachmes
drachmes
24,389 corpus weight
- dragan
dragan
24,388 corpus weight
- dragonne
dragonne
24,387 corpus weight
- Drees
Drees
24,386 corpus weight
- Drieu
Drieu
24,385 corpus weight
- duodénum
duodénum
24,383 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Drees » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drees |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Drees » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Drees is uncommon French at frequency #75,615 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Direction de l’administration publique centrale française produisant des travaux de statistiques et d’études socio-économiques.".
Drees doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Drees, spelled D-R-E-E-S.
Definition
- 1Direction de l’administration publique centrale française produisant des travaux de statistiques et d’études socio-économiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drees appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon l’étude de la Drees, 44 % des femmes de la génération 1950 sont ainsi parties à la retraite avec une carrière incomplète, contre 32 % chez les hommes.
La Drees s’est intéressée au prix de vente accordé aux hôpitaux par les labos sur les statines, ces réducteurs de cholestérol qui plombent depuis des années les comptes de la Sécu.
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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