adroit
/əˈdɹɔɪt/adjective
adroit is spelled A-D-R-O-I-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, adroit means “deft, dexterous, or skillful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in adroit?
| Letters | 6: A-D-R-O-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is adroit?
Adroit appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce adroit?
- US /əˈdɹɔɪt/
Adroit has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-adroit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with adroit?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as adroit from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of adroit
- adroiter comparative
- more adroit comparative
- adroitest superlative
- most adroit superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adroit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
deft, dexterous, or skillful
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).