druid
flu·id/ˈdɹu.ɪd/noun
druid is spelled D-R-U-I-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables (flu·id). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, druid means “One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of druid is druids.
How many letters and syllables are in druid?
| Letters | 5: D-R-U-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: flu·id |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 druid?
Druid appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 druid?
- UK /ˈdɹuːɪd/
- British /ˈdɹʉwɪd/
- US /ˈdɹu.ɪd/
Druid has 2 syllables, split flu·id in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-druid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with druid?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as druid from its last stressed vowel (/uɪd/):
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 druid
- druids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does druid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
- 2
A priest or mage who uses magic based on nature or trees.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of druid.
You can find hundreds of Druids at Stonehenge.
- 2
A member of a benefit society founded in 1781, the Ancient Order of Druids.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Druid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one of an order of Celtic priests:
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 druid come from?
Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “oak-knower” or “firm knower, great sage”), from either Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) or *drew- (“solid, firm, hard”) and *weyd- (“to see, to have knowledge”) (whence also English wizard; Proto-Slavic *vědьma (> Russian ве́дьма (védʹma))). The earliest record of the term in Latin is by Julius Caesar in the first century B.C. in his De Bello Gallico.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).