drier
/ˈdɹaɪɚ/adjective, noun
drier is spelled D-R-I-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “drier vs dryer” about 1,300 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, drier means “comparative form of dry: more dry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drier?
| Letters | 5: D-R-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is drier?
Drier appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 drier?
- US /ˈdɹaɪɚ/
- US [ˈdɹaɪɚ]
- US [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]
Drier has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with drier
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: dryer.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with drier?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as drier from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rider.
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 drier
- driers plural
- dryer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
comparative form of dry: more dry
noun
- 1
CanadaUKAlternative spelling of dryer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does drier come from?
From dry + -er (comparative suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).