pear

Other forms of pear

plural

pears·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pear

What does pear mean?

pear means "sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pear?

pear has 1 syllable: pear. In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹ/.

What is another word for pear?

Close synonyms include pear tree, Pyrus communis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pear a common word?

pear is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pear?

7 words rhyme with pear. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.