bleep
/ˈbliːp/noun, verb
bleep is spelled B-L-E-E-P: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bleep means “A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bleep is bleeps.
How many letters and syllables are in bleep?
| Letters | 5: B-L-E-E-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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 bleep?
Bleep appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 bleep?
- /ˈbliːp/
Bleep 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: En-au-bleep.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bleep?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bleep.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: plebe.
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 bleep
- bleeps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- bleeping participle, present
- bleeped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bleep mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
- 2
A general euphemism for any expletive.
What the bleep are you doing?
- 3
slangA broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.
- 4
UKA pager, usually one held by a doctor or nurse in a hospital.
verb
- 1
To emit one or more bleeps.
The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions.
- 2
To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.
- 3
UKTo contact someone by pager.
If his condition gets any worse, please bleep the registrar on call.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bleep in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 bleep come from?
Onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).