druides

\dʁɥid\

/\dʁɥid\/ noun

The verdict

“druides” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,766
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-druides · druides · French

druides · rank #37,766 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,766
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH drink

Nearest frequency peer: drink (-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 « druides »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « druides » 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).

druides vs druide
86% similar
druides vs droites
71% similar
druides vs décides
71% similar

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

Key facts for druides
PropertyValue
Headworddruides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁɥid\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,766
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « druides »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).druidesse 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 « drink » (#37,765), « DSM » (#37,767), « dominées » (#37,764). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « druides » est au #37,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around druides (IPA \dʁɥid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,766 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de druide.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for druides, with forms such as "ddruides", "driudes", and "drruides". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "druide", "droites", "décides", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is druides, spelled D-R-U-I-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de druide.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddruides
  • driudes
  • drruides
  • drudies
  • druiddes
  • druidess
  • druidse
  • druieds
  • durides
  • rduides

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of druides - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddruides1driudes2drruides1drudies2druiddes1druidess1druidse2druieds2
Edit distance from "druides"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list