sherry
/ˈʃɛɹi/noun
sherry is spelled S-H-E-R-R-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sherry, the name). As a noun, sherry means “A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sherry is sherries.
How many letters and syllables are in sherry?
| Letters | 6: S-H-E-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd 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 sherry?
Sherry appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sherry, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sherry?
- /ˈʃɛɹi/
Sherry has 2 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). Recordings: En-us-sherry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sherry
- sherries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sherry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
- 2
A variety of sherry.
They produce several quality sherries.
- 3
A glass of sherry.
Would you like a sherry?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sherry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | xérès, jerez , verre m de xérès |
| German | Sherry |
| Portuguese | xerez |
| Spanish | jerez , vaso m de jerez |
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 sherry come from?
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Spanish Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).