# drool

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɹuːl/ · frequency rank #27,439

## Definitions
1. To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
2. To secrete any substance in a similar way.
3. To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
4. To talk nonsense; drivel.

## Etymology
From earlier drule, apparently a corruption of drivel (compare snool from snivel). Compare also Middle English drullen (“to stagger, drool”), Dutch druilen (“to be listless, snooze”).

## Easily confused with
- **drop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drool-vs-drop)
- **drove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drool-vs-drove)
- **drops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drool-vs-drops)
- **drown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drool-vs-drown)
- **doo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doo-vs-drool)
- **dol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dol-vs-drool)
- **door** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/door-vs-drool)
- **doll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doll-vs-drool)
- **doom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doom-vs-drool)
- **doon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doon-vs-drool)
- **drill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drill-vs-drool)
- **drone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drone-vs-drool)
- **droid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/droid-vs-drool)
- **droll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/droll-vs-drool)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddrool`, `dorol`, `drol`, `drolo`, `drooll`, `drrool`, `rdool`

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