raillery
/ˈɹeɪləɹi/noun
raillery is spelled R-A-I-L-L-E-R-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, raillery means “Good-natured banter, jest, or ridicule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of raillery is railleries.
How many letters and syllables are in raillery?
| Letters | 8: R-A-I-L-L-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th 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 raillery?
Raillery appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 raillery?
- /ˈɹeɪləɹi/
- /ˈɹæləɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-raillery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of raillery
- railleries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does raillery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Good-natured banter, jest, or ridicule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does raillery come from?
Borrowed from French raillerie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).