drudge
/dɹʌd͡ʒ/noun, verb
drudge is spelled D-R-U-D-G-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drudge means “A person who works in a low servile job” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drudge is drudges.
How many letters and syllables are in drudge?
| Letters | 6: D-R-U-D-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is drudge?
Drudge appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 drudge?
- /dɹʌd͡ʒ/
Drudge has one syllable (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-drudge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of drudge
- drudges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- drudging participle, present
- drudged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drudge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who works in a low servile job.
drudge work
- 2
derogatorySomeone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
verb
- 1
To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drudge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | serf, larbin, sous-merde, moins-que-rien , valet, laquais |
| German | Hiwi, Sklave, Lakai |
| Spanish | esclavo, lacayo, currito |
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 drudge come from?
From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).