apothecary
/əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/noun
apothecary is spelled A-P-O-T-H-E-C-A-R-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, apothecary means “A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of apothecary is apothecaries.
How many letters and syllables are in apothecary?
| Letters | 10: A-P-O-T-H-E-C-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd 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 apothecary?
Apothecary appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 apothecary?
- UK /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/
- US /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɹi/
Apothecary has 5 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-apothecary.ogg, En-au-apothecary.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of apothecary
- apothecaries plural
- pothecary
- potycary
- potycarye
- poticary
- poticarie
- pottecary
- potticary
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does apothecary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicdatedSynonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
- 2
archaicSynonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.
- 3
A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apothecary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Apotheker, Apothekerin, Provisor |
| Spanish | apotecario, apoticario, boticario , apoteca, botica |
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.