Which to use
“demain” and “drain” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #601
- “demain” frequency rank
- #33,222
- “drain” frequency rank
- 33823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demain | drain |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Les temps à venir. | 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 demain and drain
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. demain runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against drain's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: demain vs drain
A purely visual mix-up. demain (\də.mɛ̃\) 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 33823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demain is recorded at frequency rank #601, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.mɛ̃\. 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 33823, this pair ranks #288,044 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demain vs drain
Shared letters: adin. Private to "demain": em. Private to "drain": r.
"demain" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "drain" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demain" and "drain" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "demain" or "drain"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "demain" 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 #288,044 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demain" 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 #288,044 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.