dregs
/dɹɛɡz/noun
dregs is spelled D-R-E-G-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dregs means “The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dregs?
| Letters | 5: D-R-E-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dregs?
Dregs appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 dregs?
- /dɹɛɡz/
Dregs 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-us-dregs.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dregs
- dreg singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dregs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
- 2
The worst and lowest part of something.
the dregs of society
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dregs in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lie |
| German | Bodensatz, Satz, Sediment, Niederschlag, Feststoff , Abschaum |
| Portuguese | borra , escória |
| Spanish | poso, concho, heces, hez, depósito, culín |
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 dregs come from?
See dreg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).