drawers
/dɹɔɹz/noun
drawers is spelled D-R-A-W-E-R-S: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drawers means “Underpants, especially long underpants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drawers?
| Letters | 7: D-R-A-W-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is drawers?
Drawers appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 drawers?
- US /dɹɔɹz/
- UK /dɹɔːz/
- UK /dʒɹ-/
Drawers 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-au-drawers.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with drawers
Sounds like: draws (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with drawers?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as drawers from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹz/):
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).
What does drawers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicClothing worn on the legs, especially that worn next to the skin, such as hose or breeches.
- 2
datedinformalUnderpants, especially long underpants.
- 3
slangAny clothing covering the legs, such as shorts, trousers, or tights.
- 4
plural of drawer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate drawers?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of drawers: draws.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drawers in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long underpants:
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 drawers come from?
From draw (“to pull”), hence that which is pulled onto the body. Attested from the late 16th century. Compare drawer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).