Which to use
“drague” and “draine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,951
- “drague” frequency rank
- #44,427
- “draine” frequency rank
- 56378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drague | draine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filet muni d’un racloir servant à la pêche à la traîne. | Grive draine. |
Where the eye mixes drague and draine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. drague (CCVCVV) and draine (CCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: drague vs draine
A purely visual mix-up. drague (\dʁaɡ\) and draine (\dʁɛn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drague is recorded at frequency rank #11,951, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʁaɡ\. draine is at rank #44,427, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɛn\.
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 56378, this pair ranks #121,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of drague vs draine
Shared letters: ader. Private to "drague": gu. Private to "draine": in.
"drague" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "draine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "drague" and "draine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "drague" or "draine" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "drague" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "draine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drague" and "draine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damné vs draine". 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 #121,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.