hedgerow
/ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/noun
hedgerow is spelled H-E-D-G-E-R-O-W: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hedgerow means “A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hedgerow is hedgerows.
How many letters and syllables are in hedgerow?
| Letters | 8: H-E-D-G-E-R-O-W |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is hedgerow?
Hedgerow appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 hedgerow?
- /ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hedgerow.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hedgerow
Also written: hedge-row (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hedgerow
- hedgerows plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hedgerow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hedgerow in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge:
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 hedgerow come from?
From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).