bere
/bɪɚ/noun
bere is spelled B-E-R-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bere means “Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bere is beres.
How many letters and syllables are in bere?
| Letters | 4: B-E-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 72,332nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 bere?
Bere appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd 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 bere?
- UK /bɪə/
- US /bɪɚ/
As a noun (“A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a…”): /bɪə/, /bɛə/, /bɪɚ/.
Bere has one syllable (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-bere.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bere
Sounds like: bier (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: bear.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bere?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bere from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: beer, bree, reeb.
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 bere
- bear
- beres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bere mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandBarley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
- 2
A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bere in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense six-rowed barley:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | escourgeon |
| German | Frühgerste, Futtergerste |
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 bere come from?
From Middle English bere (“barley”), from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“emmer”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).