robbery
rob·bery/ˈɹɑbəɹi/noun
robbery is spelled R-O-B-B-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (rob·bery). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, robbery means “The act or practice of robbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of robbery is robberies.
How many letters and syllables are in robbery?
| Letters | 7: R-O-B-B-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: rob·bery |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th 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 robbery?
Robbery appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 robbery?
- UK /ˈɹɒbəɹi/
- UK /ˈɹɒbɹi/
- US /ˈɹɑbəɹi/
Robbery has 2 syllables, split rob·bery in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-robbery.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of robbery
- robberies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does robbery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or practice of robbing.
- 2
The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
bank robbery
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Robbery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brigandage, vol à main armée , banditisme, braquage |
| German | Raub |
| Portuguese | roubo, furto , assalto |
| Spanish | robo, choreo, shacamento, hurto, furto |
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 robbery come from?
From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober (“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. By surface analysis, rob + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).