dee
/ˈdiː/verb, noun
dee is spelled D-E-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dee means “To do” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dee?
| Letters | 3: D-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dee?
Dee appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th 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 dee?
- /ˈdiː/
- /dɪ/
- /dɪv/
Dee has one syllable (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-Dee.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dee
Also written: de.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of dee
- diz present, singular, he/she/it
- deein participle, present
- dyun participle, past
- de
- dees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To do.
What are ye deein man!
noun
- 1
The name of the Latin script letter D/d.
- 2
Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
the pommel is furnished with dees.
- 3
slangA police detective.
The dees are about.
- 4
Alternative form of D (“dick, penis”)
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of dee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dee in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense name of the letter D, d:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dee come from?
Variant of do.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).