bleary
/ˈblɪəɹi/adjective
bleary is spelled B-L-E-A-R-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bleary means “Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bleary?
| Letters | 6: B-L-E-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 bleary?
Bleary appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 bleary?
- UK /ˈblɪəɹi/
- British /ˈblɪːɹɪj/
- /ˈblɪɹi/
Bleary 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bleary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bleary?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bleary from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹi/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: barely, barley, bearly.
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 bleary
- blearier comparative
- bleariest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bleary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bleary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion:
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 bleary come from?
From Middle English blery, equivalent to blear + -y. Compare Old English bleriġ (“bald”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).