drom

\drɔm\

/\drɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“drom” is uncommon French (frequency #81,074 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,074
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-drom · drom · French

drom · rank #81,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,074
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH duca

Nearest frequency peer: duca (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « drom »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « drom » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for drom
PropertyValue
Headworddrom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\drɔm\
Letters4
Frequency rank#81,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « drom » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dromtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « duca » (#81,075), « douville » (#81,072), « dudes » (#81,076). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « drom » est au #81,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

drom is uncommon French at frequency #81,074 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \drɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hymne.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for drom, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is drom, spelled D-R-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hymne.

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 "drom"?
"drom" is spelled D-R-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is \drɔm\.
What does "drom" mean?
As a noun, "drom" means: Hymne.
How do you pronounce "drom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drom" is \drɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drom" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

duca#81,075died#81,057dian#81,056Déry#81,101

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list