deanery
/ˈdiː.nə.ɹi/noun
deanery is spelled D-E-A-N-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deanery means “The position held by a dean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deanery is deaneries.
How many letters and syllables are in deanery?
| Letters | 7: D-E-A-N-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 72,332nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is deanery?
Deanery appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd 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 deanery?
- UK /ˈdiː.nə.ɹi/
Deanery has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deanery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with deanery
Sounds like: denary (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with deanery?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as deanery from its last stressed vowel (/inəɹi/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yandere, yearend.
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 deanery
- deaneries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deanery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The position held by a dean.
- 2
The house in which a dean lives.
- 3
The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does deanery come from?
From Middle English denerye; equivalent to dean + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).