drones

\dʁɔn\

/\dʁɔn\/ noun

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The verdict

“drones” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,860
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-drones · drones · French

drones · rank #10,860 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,860
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH douanes

Nearest frequency peer: douanes (-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 « drones »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « drones » 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).

drones vs dunes
67% similar
drones vs Drouet
50% similar
drones vs dons
67% similar

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

Key facts for drones
PropertyValue
Headworddrones
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁɔn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,860
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « drones »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « douanes » (#10,859), « débutant » (#10,861), « distributeurs » (#10,858). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « drones » est au #10,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around drones (IPA \dʁɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,860 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de drone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for drones, with forms such as "ddrones", "dornes", and "drnoes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dunes", "Drouet", "dons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is drones, spelled D-R-O-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de drone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En retour, le Kremlin ne commente pas le soutien turc à l’Ukraine. Or, celui-ci inclut la livraison à Kiev de matériel militaire, dont les célèbres drones armés Barayktar, qui ont fait des dégâts depuis le 24 février dans les colonnes de tanks russes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrones
  • dornes
  • drnoes
  • droens
  • droness
  • dronnes
  • dronse
  • drrones
  • rdones

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drones - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddrones1dornes2drnoes2droens2droness1dronnes1dronse2drrones1
Edit distance from "drones"

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 "drones"?
"drones" is spelled D-R-O-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʁɔn\.
What does "drones" mean?
As a noun, "drones" means: Pluriel de drone.
What words are commonly confused with "drones"?
"drones" is commonly confused with "dunes", "Drouet", "dons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drones"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drones" is \dʁɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drones" come from?
"drones" 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 "drones", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

envahi#10,867Ernest#10,868Crimée#10,851brique#10,832

Similar misspelling depth

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

douanes9 variantsbouquin9 variantsJeremy9 variantsjugent9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list