druthers
/ˈdɹʌðɚz/noun
druthers is spelled D-R-U-T-H-E-R-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, druthers means “Wishes, preferences” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in druthers?
| Letters | 8: D-R-U-T-H-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 druthers?
Druthers appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 druthers?
- US /ˈdɹʌðɚz/
Druthers has 2 syllables (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: En-us-druthers.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with druthers?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as druthers from its last stressed vowel (/ʌðəɹz/):
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).
What does druthers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USinformalWishes, preferences.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does druthers come from?
From the expression I'd rather (“I would prefer to”), often pronounced "I druther" in some dialects.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).