dryness
/ˈdɹaɪ.nəs/noun
dryness is spelled D-R-Y-N-E-S-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dryness means “A lack of moisture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dryness is drynesses.
How many letters and syllables are in dryness?
| Letters | 7: D-R-Y-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th 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 dryness?
Dryness appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 dryness?
- US /ˈdɹaɪ.nəs/
Dryness 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)-Vininn126-dryness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dryness?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dryness from its last stressed vowel (/aɪnəs/):
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 dryness
- drynesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dryness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lack of moisture.
- 2
The degree to which something is dry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dryness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a lack of moisture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | siccité, sécheresse |
| German | Trockenheit |
| Portuguese | aridez |
| Spanish | sequedad, aridez, enjutez, resequedad, secura |
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 dryness come from?
Inherited from Middle English dryenesse, drynesse; equivalent to dry + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).