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strawberry

straw·ber·ry/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/noun, adjective, verb

strawberry is spelled S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y: 10 letters and 3 syllables (straw·ber·ry). It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strawberry means “The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strawberry is strawberries.

How many letters and syllables are in strawberry?

Letters10: S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y
Syllables3: straw·ber·ry
In writing5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 strawberry?

Strawberry appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 strawberry?

  • UK /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/
  • UK [ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi]
  • US /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/

Strawberry has 3 syllables, split straw·ber·ry in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Xavier_hillier-strawberry.wav, En-us-strawberry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of strawberry

  • strawberries plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • strawberrier comparative
  • strawberriest superlative
  • strawberrying participle, present
  • strawberried participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does strawberry mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

    They went to pick strawberries today.

  2. 2

    Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).

    She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.

  3. 3

    The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)

  4. 4

    A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.

  5. 5

    rareSomething resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).

    strawberry marks

  6. 6

    USslangA prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.

  7. 7

    A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit.

adjective

  1. 1

    Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.

    I'd like a large strawberry shake.

  2. 2

    Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.

  3. 3

    Of a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products.

    The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit.

verb

  1. 1

    To gather strawberries.

  2. 2

    To turn a dark pinkish-red.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Strawberry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchfraise (accessory fruit), fraisier (plant of the genus Fragaria), arbouse (berry of the strawberry tree)
GermanErdbeere (accessory fruit), Erdbeer-, erdbeerig (flavour)
Portuguesemorango (accessory fruit), morangueiro (plant of the genus Fragaria), medronho (berry of the strawberry tree), de morango (flavour)
Spanishfresa, frutilla, metra (accessory fruit), madroño (berry of the strawberry tree)

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 strawberry come from?

From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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