drupe
\dʁyp\
The verdict
“drupe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit indéhiscent, charnu et comportant un noyau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-drupe · drupe · French
drupe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drupe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁyp\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « drupe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
drupe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁyp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fruit indéhiscent, charnu et comportant un noyau.".
drupe has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is drupe, spelled D-R-U-P-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit indéhiscent, charnu et comportant un noyau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drupe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fruits de l’abricotier, du cerisier et du prunier sont des drupes.
Chacun des petits grains d’une framboise, d’une mûre est en fait une petite drupe appelée drupéole.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.