# dreads

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹɛdz/ · frequency rank #35,267

## Definitions
1. dreadlocks

## Etymology
Abbreviation of dreadlocks. Sense of “Rastafarian person” by synecdoche.

## Easily confused with
- **dream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dream)
- **dress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dress)
- **dregs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dregs)
- **dreams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dreams)
- **dreamt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dreamt)
- **dreamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dreamy)
- **dreary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-dreary)
- **droids** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreads-vs-droids)
- **dead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dead-vs-dreads)
- **dads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dads-vs-dreads)
- **deals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deals-vs-dreads)
- **draws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draws-vs-dreads)
- **deeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deeds-vs-dreads)
- **dread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dread-vs-dreads)
- **drags** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drags-vs-dreads)
- **deans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deans-vs-dreads)
- **dreaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreaded-vs-dreads)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddreads`, `derads`, `draeds`, `dreadds`, `dreadss`, `dreasd`, `dredas`, `drreads`, `rdeads`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dreads