# dregs

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹɛɡz/ · frequency rank #45,900

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
See dreg.

## Easily confused with
- **drug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-drug)
- **drew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-drew)
- **dues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-dues)
- **dyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-dyes)
- **drugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-drugs)
- **dress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-dress)
- **drops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-drops)
- **drums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-drums)
- **duress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dregs-vs-duress)
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/des-vs-dregs)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dre-vs-dregs)
- **does** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/does-vs-dregs)
- **dogs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogs-vs-dregs)
- **dies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dies-vs-dregs)
- **drag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drag-vs-dregs)
- **Dems** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dems-vs-dregs)
- **digs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digs-vs-dregs)
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devs-vs-dregs)
- **dens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dens-vs-dregs)
- **debs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debs-vs-dregs)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddregs`, `dergs`, `dreggs`, `dregss`, `dresg`, `drges`, `drregs`, `rdegs`

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