blueberry
/ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/noun, adjective, verb
blueberry is spelled B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blueberry means “An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blueberry is blueberries.
How many letters and syllables are in blueberry?
| Letters | 9: B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th 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 blueberry?
Blueberry appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 blueberry?
- UK /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/
- US /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/
Blueberry has 3 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-ca-blueberry.ogg, En-us-blueberry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blueberry?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blueberry from its last stressed vowel (/ubɛɹi/):
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 blueberry
- blueberries plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blueberrier comparative
- blueberriest superlative
- blueberrying participle, present
- blueberried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blueberry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
Meronym: anthocyanin
- 2
The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
- 3
A dark blue colour.
- 4
informalA kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.
adjective
- 1
Of a dark blue colour.
- 2
rareResembling or characteristic of blueberries.
- 3
rareContaining blueberries.
verb
- 1
To gather or forage for blueberries.
We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blueberry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | myrtille , bleuet |
| German | see Thesaurus:Heidelbeere |
| Portuguese | mirtilo |
| Spanish | arándano azul, mortiño azul, anavia azul , arándano, mora azul |
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 blueberry come from?
From blue + berry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).