microbrewery
noun
microbrewery is spelled M-I-C-R-O-B-R-E-W-E-R-Y: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microbrewery means “A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microbrewery is microbreweries.
How many letters and syllables are in microbrewery?
| Letters | 12: M-I-C-R-O-B-R-E-W-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is microbrewery?
Microbrewery appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 microbrewery?
Microbrewery has 5 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).
Words people confuse with microbrewery
Also written: micro-brewery (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of microbrewery
- microbreweries plural
- micro-brewery
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microbrewery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microbrewery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small commercial brewery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microbrasserie |
| German | Kleinbrauerei |
| Spanish | microcervecería |
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 microbrewery come from?
From micro- + brewery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).