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D·L/ˌdiːˈɛl/noun, verb

dl is spelled D-L: 2 letters and 2 syllables (D·L). It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dl means “Download; Alternative form of DL” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dl is dls.

How many letters and syllables are in dl?

Letters2: D-L
Syllables2: D·L
In writing4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 dl?

Dl appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 dl?

  • /ˌdiːˈɛl/

Dl has 2 syllables, split D·L in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of dl

  • dls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • dling participle, present
  • dled participle, past
  • d/l

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dl mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Download; Alternative form of DL.

verb

  1. 1

    Download; Alternative form of DL.

noun

as DL
  1. 1

    Initialism of download.

  2. 2

    Initialism of light destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.

  3. 3

    Initialism of destroyer leader, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.

  4. 4

    Initialism of driver's license.

  5. 5

    Initialism of disabled list.

  6. 6

    Initialism of down low.

  7. 7

    Initialism of distribution list.

  8. 8

    Initialism of diaper lover.

verb

as DL
  1. 1

    Initialism of download.

  2. 2

    informalTo place on the disabled list.

noun

as Dl
  1. 1

    Abbreviation of dale.

    We live at 14 Oak Dl.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does dl come from?

Abbreviation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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