drawl
/dɹɔl/verb, noun
drawl is spelled D-R-A-W-L: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, drawl means “To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drawl?
| Letters | 5: D-R-A-W-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 drawl?
Drawl appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 drawl?
- UK /dɹɔːl/
- US /dɹɔl/
- /dɹɑl/
Drawl 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)-Vealhurl-drawl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with drawl?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as drawl from its last stressed vowel (/ɔl/):
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 drawl
- drawls present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- drawling participle, present
- drawled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drawl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
- 2
To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
- 3
To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
- 4
To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
noun
- 1
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand, and Scots.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drawl in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | gedehnt sprechen, schleppend sprechen , gedehnte Aussprache, gedehnte Sprechweise |
| Spanish | arrastrar las palabras , habla arrastrada/arrastrante |
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 drawl come from?
From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw + -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).