dearie
/ˈdɪɚi/noun
dearie is spelled D-E-A-R-I-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dearie means “A person who is dear; sweetie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dearie is dearies.
How many letters and syllables are in dearie?
| Letters | 6: D-E-A-R-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 dearie?
Dearie appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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 dearie?
- UK /ˈdɪəɹi/
- /ˈdɪɹi/
- US /ˈdɪɚi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dearie
Sounds like: deary (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dearie?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dearie 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 dearie
- dearies plural
- deary
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dearie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialA person who is dear; sweetie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dearie come from?
From dear + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).