dryer
/ˈdɹaɪɚ/noun, adjective
dryer is spelled D-R-Y-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “drier vs dryer” about 1,300 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, dryer means “One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dryer is dryers.
How many letters and syllables are in dryer?
| Letters | 5: D-R-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dryer?
Dryer appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 dryer?
- US /ˈdɹaɪɚ/
- US [ˈdɹaɪɚ]
- US [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]
Dryer 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-dryer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dryer
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: drier.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dryer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dryer from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ryder.
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 dryer
- dryers plural
- drier
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dryer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- 2
Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
- 3
rareShort for hair dryer
- 4
A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
adjective
- 1
UScomparative form of dry: more dry
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dryer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | secador , secadora |
| Spanish | secador, secadora , secarropas |
| French | sèche-linge, sécheuse |
| German | Trockner, Wäschetrockner |
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 dryer come from?
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).