drumlin
drum·lin[ˈdɹʌmlɪn]noun
drumlin is spelled D-R-U-M-L-I-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables (drum·lin). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drumlin means “An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drumlin is drumlins.
How many letters and syllables are in drumlin?
| Letters | 7: D-R-U-M-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: drum·lin |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 drumlin?
Drumlin appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 drumlin?
- US [ˈdɹʌmlɪn]
Drumlin has 2 syllables, split drum·lin in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-drumlin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of drumlin
- drumlins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drumlin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does drumlin come from?
From Irish droim (“back, ridge”) + English diminutive suffix -lin (“variant of -ling”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).