det
noun
det is spelled D-E-T: 3 letters. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, det means “Abbreviation of determiner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of det is dets.
How many letters and syllables are in det?
| Letters | 3: D-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 det?
Det appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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).
Words people confuse with det
Also written: detachment.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with det?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as det.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ted.
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 det
- dets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does det mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of determiner.
- 2
USAbbreviation of detachment.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of diethyltryptamine.
- 2
Abbreviation of digital event timer.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of detective.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).