droit
/dɹɔɪt/noun
droit is spelled D-R-O-I-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, droit means “A legal right or entitlement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of droit is droits.
How many letters and syllables are in droit?
| Letters | 5: D-R-O-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is droit?
Droit appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th 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 droit?
- /dɹɔɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-droit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of droit
- droits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does droit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A legal right or entitlement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does droit come from?
From French droit. Doublet of direct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).