# drainage vs draine

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### drainage
*noun · IPA \dʁɛ.naʒ\ · frequency rank #20,701*
Action de drainer.

### draine
*noun · IPA \dʁɛn\ · frequency rank #44,427*
Grive draine.

## Source
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