drugstore
\dʁœɡ.stɔʁ\
The verdict
“drugstore” is uncommon French (frequency #69,764 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,764
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commerce de détail ouvert sur une large plage horaire et proposant un éventail de produit allant de l’alimentation à la pharmacie en passant par le débit de tabac et le kiosque de presse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drugstore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁœɡ.stɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drugstore” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
drugstore is uncommon French at frequency #69,764 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁœɡ.stɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commerce de détail ouvert sur une large plage horaire et proposant un éventail de produit allant de l’alimentation à la pharmacie en passant par le débit de tabac et le kiosque de presse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for drugstore in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 drugstore, spelled D-R-U-G-S-T-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Commerce de détail ouvert sur une large plage horaire et proposant un éventail de produit allant de l’alimentation à la pharmacie en passant par le débit de tabac et le kiosque de presse.
Synonyms
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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Using “drugstore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-U-G-S-T-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁœɡ.stɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.