droits

\dʁwa\

/\dʁwa\/ adj

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The verdict

“droits” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#540
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de droit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-droits · droits · French

droits · rank #540 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #540
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH avril

Nearest frequency peer: avril (-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 « droits »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « droits » 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).

droits vs drôles
50% similar
droits vs drones
67% similar
droits vs doit
67% similar

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

Key facts for droits
PropertyValue
Headworddroits
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dʁwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#540
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « droits »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « avril » (#539), « françois » (#541), « ait » (#538). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « droits » est au #540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around droits (IPA \dʁwa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #540 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de droit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for droits, with forms such as "ddroits", "dorits", and "driots". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "drôles", "drones", "doit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is droits, spelled D-R-O-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de droit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cet isotope a été utilisé pour gammagraphier les soudures aux collerettes (frettes) des culottes et tuyaux droits, dont l’épaisseur dépasse 25 mm.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddroits
  • dorits
  • driots
  • droist
  • droitss
  • droitts
  • drotis
  • drroits
  • rdoits

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddroits1dorits2driots2droist2droitss1droitts1drotis2drroits1
Edit distance from "droits"

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 "droits"?
"droits" is spelled D-R-O-I-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁwa\.
What does "droits" mean?
As an adjective, "droits" means: Masculin pluriel de droit.
What words are commonly confused with "droits"?
"droits" is commonly confused with "drôles", "drones", "doit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "droits"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "droits" is \dʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "droits" come from?
"droits" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list