Which to use
“drag” and “dray” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,332
- “drag” frequency rank
- #49,605
- “dray” frequency rank
- 75937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drag | dray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Charrette. |
Where the eye mixes drag and dray
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between drag and dray
A purely visual mix-up. drag (\dʁaɡ\) and dray (\dɹeɪ\) 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 a single letter - g in “drag” becomes y in “dray”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drag is recorded at frequency rank #26,332, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʁaɡ\. dray is at rank #49,605, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɹeɪ\.
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 75937, this pair ranks #32,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of drag vs dray
Shared letters: adr. Private to "drag": g. Private to "dray": y.
"drag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "dray" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "drag" and "dray" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "drag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drag" and "dray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DAF 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 #32,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.