dru
\dʁy\
The verdict
“dru” is uncommon French (frequency #52,011 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,011
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont les parties sont en grande quantité et très serrées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dru · dru · French
dru · rank #52,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,011
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dorsey
Nearest frequency peer: Dorsey (-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 « dru »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dispensent
dispensent
47,993 corpus weight
- dissimulent
dissimulent
47,992 corpus weight
- Dorsey
Dorsey
47,991 corpus weight
- dru
dru
47,990 corpus weight
- DUP
DUP
47,989 corpus weight
- dyslexique
dyslexique
47,987 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dru » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dʁy\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dru » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dru is uncommon French at frequency #52,011 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dru, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dru, spelled D-R-U.
Definition
- 1Dont les parties sont en grande quantité et très serrées.
- 2Bien venant, venant serré, en parlant de l’herbe, des blés, etc.
- 3Qui est vigoureux, gaillard.
- 4Se dit des petits oiseaux assez forts pour s’envoler du nid.
- 5Se dit des enfants assez grand pour quitter le foyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pluie se remet à tomber, drue et froide, et la nuit s’approche à grands pas. Nous sommes trempés et glacés, et les chameaux portant nos tentes sont bien loin encore.
« L’averse a été courte mais drue. » Si drus furent ces orages nocturnes qu’à la fin du mois le pluviomètre indiquait une pluviosité très exactement scandaleuse.
This word in other languages
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.
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