dreich
/dɹik/adjective, noun
dreich is spelled D-R-E-I-C-H: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dreich means “Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dreich?
| Letters | 6: D-R-E-I-C-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 dreich?
Dreich appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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 dreich?
- UK /dɹiːk/
- UK /dɹiːx/
- US /dɹik/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-dreich.wav, En-us-dreich.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dreich?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dreich from its last stressed vowel (/ik/):
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 dreich
- dreicher comparative
- dreichest superlative
- dree
- dreigh
- dreegh
- dreiches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dreich mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
ScotlandExtending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
- 2
ScotlandNot enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
- 3
ScotlandBleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
- 4
Scotlandsuitably serious or solemn
- 5
Scotlandof a person: patient, stoic, tolerant, resolute
- 6
ScotlandSlow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
- 7
ScotlandOf a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
- 8
ScotlandOf a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
noun
- 1
ScotlandA tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task.
- 2
ScotlandBleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).