Which to use
“draft” and “drag” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,317
- “draft” frequency rank
- #26,332
- “drag” frequency rank
- 55649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | draft | drag |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bourse aux joueurs dans tous les sports collectifs nord-américains. | Personne s'habillant et se maquillant de manière excentrique, selon les codes généralement associés au genre opposé, pour donner un spectacle ou faire la fête. |
Where the eye mixes draft and drag
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: draft vs drag
A purely visual mix-up. draft (\dʁaft\) and drag (\dʁaɡ\) 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 55649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
draft is recorded at frequency rank #29,317, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʁaft\. drag is at rank #26,332, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁaɡ\.
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 55649, this pair ranks #126,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of draft vs drag
Shared letters: adr. Private to "draft": ft. Private to "drag": g.
"draft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "drag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "draft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drag" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "draft" and "drag" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "draft 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 #126,116 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.