drisse
\dʁis\
The verdict
“drisse” 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 May 6, 2026) - Cordage qui sert à élever, à hisser une voile, un pavillon, une flamme à la hauteur où ces objets doivent être placés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drisse · drisse · French
drisse · 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 | drisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drisse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
drisse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cordage qui sert à élever, à hisser une voile, un pavillon, une flamme à la hauteur où ces objets doivent être placés.".
drisse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is drisse, spelled D-R-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Cordage qui sert à élever, à hisser une voile, un pavillon, une flamme à la hauteur où ces objets doivent être placés.
This word in other languages
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