boxty
/ˈbɑksti/noun
boxty is spelled B-O-X-T-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boxty means “A traditional Irish potato pancake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boxty is boxties.
How many letters and syllables are in boxty?
| Letters | 5: B-O-X-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 boxty?
Boxty appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 boxty?
- US /ˈbɑksti/
- UK /ˈbɒksti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-boxty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boxty
- boxties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boxty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional Irish potato pancake.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boxty come from?
Borrowed from Irish bacstaí.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).