withdraw

with·draw/wɪðˈdɹɔ/verb

withdraw is spelled W-I-T-H-D-R-A-W: 8 letters and 2 syllables (with·draw). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “withdraw vs withdrawal” about 6,600 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, withdraw means “To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in withdraw?

Letters	8: W-I-T-H-D-R-A-W
Syllables	2: with·draw
In writing	11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Pairs people search	withdraw vs withdrawal
Rhymes with	raw shaw straw flaw more

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); 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 withdraw?

Withdraw appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form in the list.

withdraw0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce withdraw?

UK /wɪðˈdɹɔː/
UK /wɪθˈdɹɔː/
US /wɪðˈdɹɔ/

Withdraw has 2 syllables, split with·draw in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-withdraw.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with withdraw

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

withdraw vs withdrawal6,600 G

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with withdraw?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as withdraw from its last stressed vowel (/ɔ/):

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 withdraw

withdraws present, singular, he/she/it
withdrawing participle, present
withdrew past, singular, he/she/it, plural
withdrawn participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does withdraw mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

1
To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
2
To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
3
archaicTo draw or pull (a bolt, curtain, veil, or other object) aside.
4
To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
5
To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
6
To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
7
To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
8
To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.

noun

1
obsoleteAn act of drawing back or removing; a removal, a withdrawal or withdrawing.
2
obsoleteSynonym of withdraught (“a dismissal of a lawsuit with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit; a retraxit; also, a fine imposed on a plaintiff for such a dismissal”).