drayage
dray·age/ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/noun
drayage is spelled D-R-A-Y-A-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (dray·age). It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drayage means “Transportation by dray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drayage is drayages.
How many letters and syllables are in drayage?
| Letters | 7: D-R-A-Y-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: dray·age |
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th 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 drayage?
Drayage appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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 drayage?
- UK /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/
Drayage has 2 syllables, split dray·age in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drayage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with drayage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as drayage (/eɪɪdʒ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yardage.
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 drayage
- drayages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drayage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Transportation by dray.
- 2
The transport of goods over a short distance, particularly from a terminal such as an ocean port to another destination, usually as part of a longer transportation of the goods.
- 3
A fee paid for the provision of such transportation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drayage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | acarreto, acarreamiento, carretaje , transportuario / extraportuario, camionaje |
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 drayage come from?
From dray (“a low horse-drawn cart”) + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).