cutlery
/ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/noun
cutlery is spelled C-U-T-L-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cutlery means “Sharp cutting utensils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cutlery is cutleries.
How many letters and syllables are in cutlery?
| Letters | 7: C-U-T-L-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 cutlery?
Cutlery appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 cutlery?
- /ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/
- /ˈkʊt.lə.ɹi/
Cutlery 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cutlery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cutlery?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cutlery.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cruelty.
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 cutlery
- cutleries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cutlery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USSharp cutting utensils.
Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling.
- 2
UKEating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
a cutlery set
- 3
The business of a cutler.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cutlery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense eating and serving utensils:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | couverts, couverts de table, services |
| German | Essbesteck, Besteck |
| Portuguese | talheres |
| Spanish | cubertería, cubiertos, cubiertería |
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 cutlery come from?
From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).