gean
/ɡiːn/noun
gean is spelled G-E-A-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gean means “A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gean is geans.
How many letters and syllables are in gean?
| Letters | 4: G-E-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 gean?
Gean appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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 gean?
- UK /ɡiːn/
Gean has one syllable (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).
What rhymes with gean?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gean from its last stressed vowel (/in/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gena.
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 gean
- geans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gean mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gean come from?
From Middle French guine (modern French guigne).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).