beret
/bəˈɹeɪ/noun
beret is spelled B-E-R-E-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beret means “A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beret is berets or bérets.
How many letters and syllables are in beret?
| Letters | 5: B-E-R-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th 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 beret?
Beret appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 beret?
- UK /ˈbɛɹeɪ/
- US /bəˈɹeɪ/
- /ˈbɛɹɪt/
Beret 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-beret.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with beret?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as beret from its last stressed vowel (/eɪ/):
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 beret
- berets plural
- béret
- bérets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beret mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of beret.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beret in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of brimless cap:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | béret |
| German | Barett, Baskenmütze, Tellermütze |
| Portuguese | boina |
| Spanish | boina |
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 beret come from?
Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).