dietary
/ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/noun, adjective
dietary is spelled D-I-E-T-A-R-Y: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dietary means “A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dietary is dietaries.
How many letters and syllables are in dietary?
| Letters | 7: D-I-E-T-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 dietary?
Dietary appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 dietary?
- UK /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/
- US /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/
Dietary has 4 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-dietary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dietary?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dietary from its last stressed vowel (/aɪətɛɹi/):
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 dietary
- dietaries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dietary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
- 2
A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats.
If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.
- 2
Comprising a food source.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dietary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, or relating to diet:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | diététique, alimentaire |
| German | diätisch |
| Portuguese | dietético |
| Spanish | dietético, alimentario, alimenticio |
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 dietary come from?
From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).