droop
/ˈdɹuːp/verb, noun
droop is spelled D-R-O-O-P: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, droop means “To hang downward; to sag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in droop?
| Letters | 5: D-R-O-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 droop?
Droop appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 droop?
- /ˈdɹuːp/
- [ˈdɹʊu̯p]
Droop has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-droop.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with droop
Sounds like: drupe (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of droop
- droops present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- drooping participle, present
- drooped participle, past
- more droop comparative
- most droop superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does droop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To hang downward; to sag.
a. 1992, quote attributed to Sylvester Stallone I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.
- 2
To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
- 3
To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- 4
To allow to droop or sink.
- 5
To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
noun
- 1
Something which is limp or sagging.
- 2
A condition or posture of drooping.
He walked with a discouraged droop.
- 3
A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.
adjective
- 1
archaicDrooping; adroop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Droop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tomber, s'affaisser , bec |
| German | durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken, heruntersinken , nachgeben |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does droop come from?
Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).