peeress
noun
peeress is spelled P-E-E-R-E-S-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peeress means “A noblewoman married to a peer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peeress is peeresses.
How many letters and syllables are in peeress?
| Letters | 7: P-E-E-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th 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 peeress?
Peeress appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 peeress?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-peeress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peeress
- peeresses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peeress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A noblewoman married to a peer.
- 2
A woman holding a noble title in her own right.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does peeress come from?
From peer + -ess.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).