dree
/dɹi/verb, adverb, adjective
dree is spelled D-R-E-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, dree means “To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dree?
| Letters | 4: D-R-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 dree?
Dree appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 dree?
- UK /dɹiː/
- US /dɹi/
- /ðreː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dree.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dree?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dree from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: deer, reed, dere, rede.
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 dree
- drees present, singular, he/she/it
- dreeing participle, present
- dreed participle, past
- more dree comparative
- most dree superlative
- dreer comparative
- dreest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dree mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
- 2
ScotlandTo endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.
adverb
- 1
ScotlandOf the doing of a task: with concentration; laboriously.
- 2
ScotlandChiefly of the falling of rain: without pause or stop; continuously, incessantly.
- 3
ScotlandSlowly, tediously.
noun
- 1
ScotlandarchaicGrief; suffering; trouble.
adjective
- 1
ScotlandAlternative form of dreich.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dree come from?
Probably partly borrowed from Scots dree, and partly derived from its etymon Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, drien, from Old English drēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (“to act; to work, (specifically) to do military service”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold fast”). Doublet of dreich, dright, and drighten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).