creamery
noun
creamery is spelled C-R-E-A-M-E-R-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creamery means “A place where dairy products are prepared or sold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creamery is creameries.
How many letters and syllables are in creamery?
| Letters | 8: C-R-E-A-M-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 creamery?
Creamery appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 creamery?
Creamery has 3 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).
Forms of creamery
- creameries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creamery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place where dairy products are prepared or sold.
- 2
An ice cream parlor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Creamery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place where dairy products are prepared or sold:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crémerie |
| German | Milchgeschäft, Milchladen, Molkerei |
| Spanish | lechería, lactería |
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 creamery come from?
From French crémerie, reformed as cream + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).