di
/di/interjection
di is spelled D-I: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, di means “A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in di?
| Letters | 2: D-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th 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; 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 di?
Di appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th 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 di?
- UK /diː/
- US /di/
- /ɖiː/
Di has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-di.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-di-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with di?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as di from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
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).
What does di mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".
noun
- 1
CommonwealthInitialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
- 2
Initialism of dens invaginatus.
- 3
Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
- 4
Initialism of disposition index.
- 5
Initialism of diffused illumination.
- 6
Initialism of dependency injection.
- 7
Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
- 8
Initialism of ductile iron.
noun
- 1
dwarf irregular galaxy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Di in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense two, twice, double:
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 di come from?
imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).