Dries
The verdict
“Dries” is uncommon French (frequency #62,207 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,207
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dries · Dries · French
Dries · rank #62,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,207
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dud
Nearest frequency peer: dud (+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 « Dries »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dormirais
dormirais
37,798 corpus weight
- dotent
dotent
37,797 corpus weight
- drapés
drapés
37,796 corpus weight
- Dries
Dries
37,794 corpus weight
- dud
dud
37,793 corpus weight
- dysfonction
dysfonction
37,791 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dries » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dries |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dries » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dries is uncommon French at frequency #62,207 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dries, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Dries, spelled D-R-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dries appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au temps d’Eddy Merckx, le public suivait grâce à la magie de la radio, resitue Dries De Zaeytijd, historien au musée du Cyclisme de Roulers, qui depuis dix ans édite sa propre revue, Etappe.
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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