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bavarian

/bəˈvɛɹi.ən/noun

bavarian is spelled B-A-V-A-R-I-A-N: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bavarian means “A type of custard-like food, made with fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bavarian is bavarians.

How many letters and syllables are in bavarian?

Letters8: B-A-V-A-R-I-A-N
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 bavarian?

Bavarian appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 bavarian?

  • US /bəˈvɛɹi.ən/
  • US /bəˈvɑɹi.ən/
  • UK /bəˈvɛəɹɪən/

Bavarian has 4 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)-Flame,_not_lame-bavarian.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Bavarian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with bavarian?

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

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 bavarian

  • bavarians plural

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

What does bavarian mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A type of custard-like food, made with fruit.

    peach bavarian

adjective

as Bavarian
  1. 1

    Of, from or relating to the state of Bavaria, Germany.

noun

as Bavarian
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of the state of Bavaria, Germany.

  2. 2

    Alternative form of bavarian (“fruit-based dessert”).

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

Bavarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbavarois (of or pertaining to Bavaria), Bavarois, Bavaroise (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent)
Germanbayrisch, bayerisch (of or pertaining to Bavaria), Bayer, Bayerin (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent)
Portuguesebávaro (of or pertaining to Bavaria), bávara (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent)
Spanishbávaro (of or pertaining to Bavaria), bávara (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent)

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 bavarian come from?

From Bavaria + -an.

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

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