drogues

\dʁɔɡ\

/\dʁɔɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“drogues” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,187
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de drogue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-drogues · drogues · French

drogues · rank #6,187 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,187
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DJ

Nearest frequency peer: DJ (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « drogues »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « drogues » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drogues vs drôles
57% similar
drogues vs drones
71% similar
drogues vs Drouet
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drogues
PropertyValue
Headworddrogues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁɔɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,187
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « drogues »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).droguesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « DJ » (#6,186), « débute » (#6,188), « divisions » (#6,185). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « drogues » est au #6,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around drogues (IPA \dʁɔɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,187 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de drogue.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for drogues, with forms such as "ddrogues", "dorgues", and "drgoues". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "drôles", "drones", "Drouet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is drogues, spelled D-R-O-G-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de drogue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how drogues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les patients étaient brutalisés et mutilés au moyen de drogues, de chocs et de lobotomies alors que Cameron cherchait un moyen de « désarranger » et « reprogrammer » le mental humain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrogues
  • dorgues
  • drgoues
  • drogeus
  • droggues
  • droguess
  • droguse
  • drouges
  • drrogues
  • rdogues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drogues - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddrogues1dorgues2drgoues2drogeus2droggues1droguess1droguse2drouges2
Edit distance from "drogues"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drogues"?
"drogues" is spelled D-R-O-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁɔɡ\.
What does "drogues" mean?
As a noun, "drogues" means: Pluriel de drogue.
What words are commonly confused with "drogues"?
"drogues" is commonly confused with "drôles", "drones", "Drouet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drogues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drogues" is \dʁɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drogues" come from?
"drogues" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drogues", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

deviens#6,181general#6,195compare#6,175comique#6,173

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

diffuser10 variantsarrivant10 variantsamusant10 variantsaimerait10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list