mear
/mɪɹ/noun
mear is spelled M-E-A-R: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mear means “Alternative form of mere (“boundary”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mear is mears.
How many letters and syllables are in mear?
| Letters | 4: M-E-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st 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 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 mear?
Mear appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 mear?
- UK /mɪə/
- US /mɪɹ/
- /miə/
Mear 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).
Words people confuse with mear
Sounds like: meer (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mear?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mear from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mare, ream, rame.
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 mear
- mears plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mear mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of mere (“boundary”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).