Which to use
“drague” and “drogue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,951
- “drague” frequency rank
- #2,772
- “drogue” frequency rank
- 14723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drague | drogue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filet muni d’un racloir servant à la pêche à la traîne. | Substance psychotrope provoquant le plus souvent une dépendance et utilisée pour modifier son état mental, en particulier substance illégale dont l’usage est réprouvé. |
Where the eye mixes drague and drogue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. drague and drogue follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses drague with drogue
A purely visual mix-up. drague (\dʁaɡ\) and drogue (\dʁɔɡ\) 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 - a in “drague” becomes o in “drogue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14723, 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\. drogue is at rank #2,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɔɡ\.
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 14723, this pair ranks #395,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of drague vs drogue
Shared letters: degru. Private to "drague": a. Private to "drogue": o.
"drague" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "drogue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "drague" and "drogue" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "drague" or "drogue"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "drague" and "drogue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "drague" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drogue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drague" and "drogue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "draghi vs drague". 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 #395,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.