Which to use
“draine” and “drake” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,427
- “draine” frequency rank
- #12,768
- “drake” frequency rank
- 57195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | draine | drake |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grive draine. | Canard mâle, malard. |
Where the eye mixes draine and drake
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. draine runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against drake's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between draine and drake
A purely visual mix-up. draine (\dʁɛn\) and drake ([dɹeɪk]) 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 57195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
draine is recorded at frequency rank #44,427, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʁɛn\. drake is at rank #12,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced [dɹeɪk].
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 57195, this pair ranks #116,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of draine vs drake
Shared letters: ader. Private to "draine": in. Private to "drake": k.
"draine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "drake" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "draine" and "drake" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "draine" vs "drake" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "draine" and "drake" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "draine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drake" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "draine" and "drake" 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 #116,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.