drudgery
drudg·e·ry/ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/noun
drudgery is spelled D-R-U-D-G-E-R-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables (drudg·e·ry). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drudgery means “Exhausting, menial, and tedious work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drudgery is drudgeries.
How many letters and syllables are in drudgery?
| Letters | 8: D-R-U-D-G-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: drudg·e·ry |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th 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 drudgery?
Drudgery appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th 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 drudgery?
- US /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/
Drudgery has 3 syllables, split drudg·e·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-drudgery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of drudgery
- drudgeries plural
- drudgerie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drudgery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drudgery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense exhausting, menial, and tedious work:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corvée |
| German | Plackerei, Schinderei |
| Portuguese | labuta, lida |
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 drudgery come from?
From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).