drow
/dɹoʊ/noun
drow is spelled D-R-O-W: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drow means ““hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drow?
| Letters | 4: D-R-O-W |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 drow?
Drow appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 drow?
- UK /dɹəʊ/
- UK /dɹaʊ/
- US /dɹoʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drow.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drow2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with drow?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as drow from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: word.
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 drow
- trow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
dated“hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt)
- 2
datedghost; cognate to Scandinavian folklore of gnomes, wights, trolls, etc, being supernatural ghosts
- 3
dated“The devil”, cognate to Scanian dråe (“devil”).
- 4
A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
- 5
A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drow in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fictional dark elf:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | drow |
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 drow come from?
From Shetlandic and Orcadian Scots drow, from Norn *drou, *drau (compare 18th c. Norwegian drau, modern drov, drauv), alternatively *drog, from Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”); along the variation trow, intermixed with Norn troll, from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”), a partial synonym to draugr. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so trolly, knolls probably became *trowie, knowes around this time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).