boysenberry
boy·sen·ber·ry/ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/noun, adjective
boysenberry is spelled B-O-Y-S-E-N-B-E-R-R-Y: 11 letters and 4 syllables (boy·sen·ber·ry). It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boysenberry means “A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boysenberry is boysenberries.
How many letters and syllables are in boysenberry?
| Letters | 11: B-O-Y-S-E-N-B-E-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: boy·sen·ber·ry |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 boysenberry?
Boysenberry appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 boysenberry?
- /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/
Boysenberry has 4 syllables, split boy·sen·ber·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of boysenberry
- boysenberries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boysenberry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.
adjective
- 1
A colour of the purple colour spectrum, based on the same fruit's colour, whose hexadecimal code is #873260, RGB is rgb(135, 50, 96), CMYK is (63%, 29%, 47%) and HSL is hsl(328°, 46%, 36%).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boysenberry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mûre de Boysen , couleur de mûre de Boysen |
| German | Boysenbeere , Boysenbes, Boysenbesnfarbe |
| Portuguese | amora de Boysen, baga de Boysen, fruto de Boysen, grão de Boysen , cor da amora de Boysen, cor da baga de Boysen |
| Spanish | boysenberry, boysena, boysenberi, zarza boysen, zarza de boysen , zarza de Bosen |
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 boysenberry come from?
From Boysen + berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).