Which to use
“daim” and “drain” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,971
- “daim” frequency rank
- #33,222
- “drain” frequency rank
- 64193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daim | drain |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cervidé d’une grandeur moyenne entre le cerf et le chevreuil, à la robe tachetée et au bois plat et palmé. | Une des trois électrodes d’un transistor à effet de champ (les deux autres sont appelées source et grille). Il joue un rôle analogue à l’anode dans les tubes à vide, ou le collecteur dans les transistors bipolaires. |
Where the eye mixes daim and drain
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. daim runs 4 letters (CVVC) against drain's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: daim vs drain
A purely visual mix-up. daim (\dɛ̃\) and drain (\dʁɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daim is recorded at frequency rank #30,971, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃\. drain is at rank #33,222, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɛ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64193, this pair ranks #78,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of daim vs drain
Shared letters: adi. Private to "daim": m. Private to "drain": nr.
"daim" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "drain" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "daim" and "drain" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "daim" vs "drain" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "daim" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drain" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daim" and "drain" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drain vs dray". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #78,252 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.