druse
/dɹuːz/noun
druse is spelled D-R-U-S-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, druse means “A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of druse is druses or drusen.
How many letters and syllables are in druse?
| Letters | 5: D-R-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 druse?
Druse appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 druse?
- /dɹuːz/
Druse 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-druse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of druse
- druses plural
- drusen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does druse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
- 2
An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
- 3
A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Druze.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Druse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | drusa |
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 druse come from?
Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).