bravery
/ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/noun
bravery is spelled B-R-A-V-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bravery means “Being brave, courageousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bravery is braveries.
How many letters and syllables are in bravery?
| Letters | 7: B-R-A-V-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bravery?
Bravery appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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 bravery?
- /ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/
- /ˈbɹeɪv.ɹi/
Bravery 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-us-bravery.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bravery
- braveries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bravery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Being brave, courageousness.
- 2
rareA brave act.
- 3
Splendor, magnificence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bravery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense being brave:
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 bravery come from?
Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).