bertha
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)θə/noun
bertha is spelled B-E-R-T-H-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Bertha, the name). As a noun, bertha means “A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bertha is berthas.
How many letters and syllables are in bertha?
| Letters | 6: B-E-R-T-H-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th 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 bertha?
Bertha appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Bertha, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bertha?
- /ˈbɜː(ɹ)θə/
Bertha 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).
What rhymes with bertha?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bertha.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: breath, bather.
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 bertha
- berthas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bertha mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bertha come from?
Probably from French berthe, from the name Berthe (English Bertha).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).