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drawer

/dɹɔɹ/noun

drawer is spelled D-R-A-W-E-R: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “draw vs drawer” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, drawer means “An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drawer is drawers.

How many letters and syllables are in drawer?

Letters6: D-R-A-W-E-R
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is drawer?

Drawer appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 drawer?

  • UK /dɹɔː(ɹ)/
  • US /dɹɔɹ/
  • UK /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/

Drawer 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: En-us-drawer.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-drawer.wav, En-us-drawer-one_who_draws.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with drawer

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

draw vs drawer140 G

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with drawer?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as drawer from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: reward, redraw, warder.

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 drawer

  • drawers plural

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

What does drawer mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

  2. 2

    A side panel containing supplementary content.

  3. 3

    Attributive form of drawers. (a form of drawers)

  4. 4

    Agent noun of draw; one who draws. (a form of draw)

  5. 5

    An artist who primarily makes drawings.

  6. 6

    One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.

  7. 7

    A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.

  8. 8

    Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.

  9. 9

    A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

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

Drawer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtiroir (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing), dessinateur (one who draws something), dessinatrice (artist who primarily makes drawings)
GermanSchublade (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing), Zeichner, Zeichnerin (one who draws something), Aussteller (one who writes a bank draft, check/cheque or…), Barmann (a barman)
Portuguesegaveta (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing), desenhista (one who draws something), barman (a barman)
Spanishcajón, gaveta (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing), dibujante (one who draws something), girador (one who writes a bank draft, check/cheque or…)

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 drawer come from?

From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.

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

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