Which to use
“dragues” and “dragueur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,291
- “dragues” frequency rank
- #39,754
- “dragueur” frequency rank
- 87045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dragues | dragueur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de drague. | Sorte d'engin de forage. |
Where the eye mixes dragues and dragueur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dragues runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against dragueur's 8 (CCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dragues and dragueur
A purely visual mix-up. dragues (\dʁaɡ\) and dragueur (\dʁa.ɡœʁ\) 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 87045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dragues is recorded at frequency rank #47,291, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʁaɡ\. dragueur is at rank #39,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁa.ɡœʁ\.
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 87045, this pair ranks #8,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dragues vs dragueur
Shared letters: adegru. Private to "dragues": s. Private to "dragueur": -.
"dragues" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "dragueur" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dragues" and "dragueur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dragues" vs "dragueur" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dragues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dragueur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dragues" and "dragueur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragues vs droguée". 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 #8,846 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.