drydock
noun, verb
drydock is spelled D-R-Y-D-O-C-K: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drydock means “A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drydock is drydocks.
How many letters and syllables are in drydock?
| Letters | 7: D-R-Y-D-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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 drydock?
Drydock appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 drydock?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drydock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with drydock
Also written: dry-dock (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of drydock
- drydocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dry dock
- dry-dock
- drydocking participle, present
- drydocked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drydock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
verb
- 1
To place (a ship) in a drydock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drydock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dock that can be drained of water:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cale sèche, forme de radoub |
| German | Trockendock |
| Portuguese | dique seco, doca seca |
| Spanish | varadero |
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 drydock come from?
From dry + dock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).