dewberry
/ˈduˌbɛɹ.i/noun
dewberry is spelled D-E-W-B-E-R-R-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dewberry means “European dewberry, Rubus caesius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dewberry is dewberries.
How many letters and syllables are in dewberry?
| Letters | 8: D-E-W-B-E-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th 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 dewberry?
Dewberry appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 dewberry?
- UK /ˈdjuː.b(ə.)ɹi/
- UK /ˈd͡ʒuː.b(ə.)ɹi/
- US /ˈduˌbɛɹ.i/
Dewberry 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dewberry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dewberry?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dewberry from its last stressed vowel (/ubɛɹi/):
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 dewberry
- dewberries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dewberry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
- 2
American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
- 3
The purple to black berries of these plants.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dewberry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Rubus caesius:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kratzbeere, Ackerbeere, Bockbeere |
| Spanish | zarza pajarera, duberi, dewberry |
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 dewberry come from?
From dew + berry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).