dir
noun, adjective, adverb
dir is spelled D-I-R: 3 letters. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dir means “Abbreviation of direction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dir is dirs.
How many letters and syllables are in dir?
| Letters | 3: D-I-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 dir?
Dir appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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).
What rhymes with dir?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dir.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rid.
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 dir
- dirs plural
- dir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of direction.
- 2
Abbreviation of directory.
- 3
Abbreviation of director.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of direct.
adverb
- 1
Abbreviation of directly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).