mountain cranberry

/ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/

//ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi// noun

"mountain-cranberry" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mountain cranberry” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)l

Key facts for mountain cranberry
PropertyValue
Headwordmountain cranberry
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mountain cranberry” sits in English frequency

mountain cranberry falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for mountain cranberry is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mountain cranberry, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is mountain cranberry, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -C-R-A-N-B-E-R-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)l
  2. 2
    Mountain bearberry (Actous alpina (syn. Arctostaphylos alpina).

Synonyms

alpine bearberryblack bearberry

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mountain cranberry"?
"mountain cranberry" is spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -C-R-A-N-B-E-R-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/.
What does "mountain cranberry" mean?
As a noun, "mountain cranberry" means: Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)l
How do you pronounce "mountain cranberry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mountain cranberry" is /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mountain cranberry" come from?
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Using “mountain cranberry”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -C-R-A-N-B-E-R-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list