beery
/ˈbɪəɹi/
"beery" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beery” is uncommon English (frequency #79,294 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,294
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Smelling or tasting of beer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beery · beery · English
beery · rank #79,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,294
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Beeson
Nearest frequency peer: Beeson (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “beery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Beaune
Beaune
20,710 corpus weight
- Bechdel
Bechdel
20,709 corpus weight
- beery
beery
20,707 corpus weight
- Beeson
Beeson
20,706 corpus weight
- Belasco
Belasco
20,704 corpus weight
- Bentinck
Bentinck
20,702 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “beery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɪəɹi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beery is uncommon English at frequency #79,294 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɪəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for beery in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From beer + -y. The correct English form is beery, spelled B-E-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Smelling or tasting of beer.
- 2Under the influence of beer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Waldemar Fornalik's side had phenomenal backing from their raucous, beery, fire-cracking supporters.
Etymology
From beer + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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