drat
/dɹæt/verb, interjection
drat is spelled D-R-A-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, drat means “To damn or curse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drat?
| Letters | 4: D-R-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th 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 drat?
Drat appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th 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 drat?
- /dɹæt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with drat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as drat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dart, trad.
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 drat
- drats present, singular, he/she/it
- dratting participle, present
- dratted participle, past
- drat!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To damn or curse.
Drat you and your evil schemes!
interjection
- 1
Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
Drat! I forgot to post these letters.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does drat come from?
An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).