droites

/\dʁwat\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,755

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

droites is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de droit. Pronounced \dʁwat\. Often confused with droits and drôles.

Key facts for droites
PropertyValue
Headworddroites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\dʁwat\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,755
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of droites in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for droites is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʁwat\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,755 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de droit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for droites, with forms such as "ddroites", "dorites", and "driotes". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "droits", "drôles", "drones", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is droites, spelled D-R-O-I-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de droit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddroites,dorites,driotes,droiets,droitess,droitse,droittes,droties,drroites,rdoites

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for droites

Misspelling Variants of "droites"

ddroites8dorites7driotes7droiets7droitess8droitse7droittes8droties7
Misspelling Variants of "droites"

Frequency rank: #11,755 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "droites"?
"droites" is spelled D-R-O-I-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁwat\.
What does "droites" mean?
As an adj, "droites" means: Féminin pluriel de droit.
What words are commonly confused with "droites"?
"droites" is commonly confused with "droits", "drôles", "drones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "droites"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "droites" is \dʁwat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "droites" come from?
"droites" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.