bedroom
/ˈbɛdˌɹum/noun
bedroom is spelled B-E-D-R-O-O-M: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bedroom means “A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bedroom is bedrooms.
How many letters and syllables are in bedroom?
| Letters | 7: B-E-D-R-O-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 29 times per million words; the 3,218th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 bedroom?
Bedroom appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th 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 bedroom?
- UK /ˈbɛdɹuːm/
- UK /ˈbɛdɹʊm/
- US /ˈbɛdˌɹum/
Bedroom 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: En-us-bedroom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bedroom?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bedroom (/ɛdɹum/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boredom.
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 bedroom
- bedrooms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bedroom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
Please don't enter my bedroom without knocking.
- 2
The location of sexual activity.
"How are things in the bedroom?" asked the marriage therapist.
- 3
obsoleteThe room atop of a bed suitable for sleeping on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate bedroom?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of bedroom: BR, bdrm, bdrm., br.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bedroom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chambre, chambre à coucher, dortoir, piaule |
| German | Schlafzimmer, Schlafstube |
| Portuguese | quarto, dormitório |
| Spanish | alcoba, dormitorio, cuarto, habitación, pieza, recámara |
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 bedroom come from?
From bed + room.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).