dr
noun
dr is spelled D-R: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 174 times per million words in written English, the 576th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dr means “Abbreviation of debtor, debit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dr is drs.
How many letters and syllables are in dr?
| Letters | 2: D-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 174 times per million words; the 576th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dr?
Dr appears 174 times per million words in written English, the 576th 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 dr?
- US
- US
Dr has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-dr..wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-dr.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dr
- drs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dr mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of debtor, debit.
- 2
Abbreviation of drive.
- 3
informalAbbreviation of doctor.
noun
- 1
Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)
- 2
drive, used in street names
- 3
debit
- 4
debitor
- 5
Abbreviation of drums (of a rock band)
adjective
- 1
Initialism of drug-resistant (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).
noun
- 1
Initialism of disaster recovery.
- 2
Initialism of dead reckoning.
- 3
Initialism of domain rating.
- 4
Initialism of dissident right.
- 5
Initialism of desired reality.
shifting to my fame DR
- 6
Initialism of data release.
- 7
Initialism of death rate.
- 8
Initialism of dynamic range
- 9
Debit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dr in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Doctor:
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.