drille
\dʁij\
The verdict
“drille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat vagabond, soudard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drille · drille · French
drille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁij\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
drille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for drille, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is drille, spelled D-R-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Soldat vagabond, soudard.
- 2Bonhomme, compagnon. Ne s’emploie aujourd’hui que dans les locutions suivantes :
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur le champ, il boucla son armure, sauta en selle, choisit quelques cent cinquante petits drilles et, dans un grand fracas de gongs et de tambours, tous descendirent de la montagne vers le village de la famille Shi.
Un bon ou joyeux drille est un bon compagnon, un homme jovial.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.