drake
/ˈdɹeɪ̯k/noun
drake is spelled D-R-A-K-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drake means “A male duck (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drake is drakes.
How many letters and syllables are in drake?
| Letters | 5: D-R-A-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd 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 drake?
Drake appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 drake?
- /ˈdɹeɪ̯k/
- [ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯k] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯k]
Drake has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-drake.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with drake?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as drake.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: raked.
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 drake
- drakes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drake mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A male duck (bird).
- 2
dragon
- 3
lesser draconic creature
- 4
beaked galley, or Viking warship
- 5
small piece of artillery
- 6
a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make
- 7
archaicmayfly
- 8
archaica mayfly used as fishing bait
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drake in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | malard, canard mâle |
| German | Erpel, Enterich, Entenmännchen, männliche Ente , Drache |
| Portuguese | pato, marreco , dragãozinho, dragonete, drago |
| Spanish | pato |
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.