bespoke

be·spoke/bɪˈspəʊk/adjective, verb

bespoke is spelled B-E-S-P-O-K-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (be·spoke). It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bespoke means “Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in bespoke?

Letters	7: B-E-S-P-O-K-E
Syllables	2: be·spoke
In writing	1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is bespoke?

Bespoke appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce bespoke?

UK /bɪˈspəʊk/
US /bɪˈspəʊk/
US /bəˈspoʊk/

Bespoke has 2 syllables, split be·spoke in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-عُثمان_(Middle_river_exports)-bespoke.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-bespoke.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bespoke.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does bespoke mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
IrelandUKMade or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
Near-synonyms: custom-made, tailored, tailor-made, custom-built, purpose-built; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
2
IrelandUKRelating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
a bespoke tailor

verb

1
IrelandUKsimple past of bespeak (a form of bespeak)
2
IrelandUKarchaicpast participle of bespeak (a form of bespeak)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bespoke in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	taillé à sa mesure, fait sur mesure, personnalisé (individually or custom-made)
German	maßgeschneidert (individually or custom-made)
Portuguese	sob medida (individually or custom-made)
Spanish	a medida (locution), personalizado, customizado, tuneado (individually or custom-made), personalizante, customizante (relating to someone who makes custom-made…)

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 bespoke come from?

In sense “custom-made”, 1755, from earlier bespoken (c. 1600), form of bespeak, in sense “arrange beforehand” (1580s), a prefixed variant of speak; compare order, made-to-order.