directrice
di·rec·trice/dɪˈɹɛk.tɹiːs/noun
directrice is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-R-I-C-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables (di·rec·trice). It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, directrice means “Alternative form of directrix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of directrice is directrices.
How many letters and syllables are in directrice?
| Letters | 10: D-I-R-E-C-T-R-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: di·rec·trice |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is directrice?
Directrice appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 directrice?
- UK /dɪˈɹɛk.tɹiːs/
- UK /dɪˌɹɛkˈtɹiːs/
- UK /-ɹek-/
Directrice has 3 syllables, split di·rec·trice in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-directrice.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of directrice
- directrices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does directrice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of directrix.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does directrice come from?
Inherited from Middle English dyrectryce, borrowed from Middle French directrice, a learned borrowing from Latin dīrēctrīx.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).