cheery
/ˈt͡ʃɪɚi/adjective
cheery is spelled C-H-E-E-R-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cheery means “In a good mood, happy, cheerful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cheery?
| Letters | 6: C-H-E-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 cheery?
Cheery appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 cheery?
- UK /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹi/
- /ˈt͡ʃɪɹi/
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪɚi/
Cheery 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: En-us-cheery.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cheery?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cheery from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹi/):
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 cheery
- cheerier comparative
- cheeriest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cheery come from?
From Middle English cheri, equivalent to cheer + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).