warren
/ˈwɔɹən/noun
warren is spelled W-A-R-R-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warren means “A system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warren is warrens.
How many letters and syllables are in warren?
| Letters | 6: W-A-R-R-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is warren?
Warren appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th 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 warren?
- UK /ˈwɒɹən/
- US /ˈwɔɹən/
Warren 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-warren.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with warren?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as warren from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹən/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: warner.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of warren
- warrens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warren mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live.
- 2
A structure where rabbits are kept as pets or for food, etc; the rabbits living in such a structure.
- 3
A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- 4
archaicThe class of small game such as hare, pheasants, stoats, etc., as opposed to beasts of chase such as deer, bear, and foxes.
- 5
A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
- 6
The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warren in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the system of burrows where rabbits live:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | garenne |
| German | Kaninchenbau, Kaninchenloch |
| Portuguese | toca, covil, madrigueira |
| Spanish | madriguera |
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 warren come from?
From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root. Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).