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What does drizzle mean?

Word: Drizzle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Drizzle means light rain made of very small drops. As a verb, to drizzle is to rain lightly, or to pour a thin line of something like honey.

Synonyms: sprinkle, shower

How do you spell drizzle?

Syllables: driz - zle

Tricky part: Drizzle has a double z. Some children write it with one z, or with an s, because the z sounds soft.

Watch out for: drizle, drisle, drizal

Memory tip: Picture the two z's as two tiny raindrops falling side by side.

Drizzle in a sentence

Example 1: It began to drizzle on our way to school.

Example 2: A light drizzle cooled the hot afternoon.

Example 3: Mum drizzled honey on my pancakes.

Fun Fact

Drizzle drops are tiny, less than half a millimetre across, much smaller than ordinary raindrops.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) rainbow
b) drezzle
c) weather
d) umbrella

Show answer

b) drezzle. Drizzle has an i after dr, as drip does.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

drizzle

a) downpour
b) puddle
c) cloud
d) thunder

Show answer

a) downpour. A drizzle is very light rain; a downpour is very heavy rain.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A light drizzel fell on the garden.

a) light
b) drizzel
c) garden
d) fell

Show answer

b) drizzel. Drizzle ends in le, the same way as puzzle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lzridez

a) drizzle
b) dirzzle
c) rdizzle
d) drzzile

Show answer

a) drizzle. Start with dr and keep the two z's side by side.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a drizzle, what would you most likely see outside?

a) people with umbrellas
b) snow on the roofs
c) flooded roads
d) a dusty sky

Show answer

a) people with umbrellas

2. What could you drizzle over a salad?

a) a cucumber
b) lemon juice
c) a carrot
d) a tomato

Show answer

b) lemon juice

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: sprinkle

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Next steps

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