baroness
/ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/noun
baroness is spelled B-A-R-O-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baroness means “The wife of a baron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baroness is baronesses.
How many letters and syllables are in baroness?
| Letters | 8: B-A-R-O-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th 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 baroness?
Baroness appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 baroness?
- UK /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/
Baroness has 3 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)-Vealhurl-baroness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with baroness?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as baroness from its last stressed vowel (/ɛs/, British pronunciation):
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 baroness
- baronesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baroness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The wife of a baron.
- 2
A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate baroness?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of baroness: Bnss..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Baroness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female ruler of a barony:
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 baroness come from?
From Middle English baronesse; equivalent to baron + -ess.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).