groceries
gro·cer·ies/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/noun, verb
groceries is spelled G-R-O-C-E-R-I-E-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables (gro·cer·ies). It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, groceries means “Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in groceries?
| Letters | 9: G-R-O-C-E-R-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: gro·cer·ies |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th 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 groceries?
Groceries appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 groceries?
- UK /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/
- UK /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹɪz/
- US /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/
Groceries has 3 syllables, split gro·cer·ies in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-groceries.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of groceries
- grocery
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does groceries mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table.
- 2
plural of grocery (store)
There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them had tasty food.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of grocery
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Groceries in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | courses, provisions |
| German | Lebensmittel |
| Portuguese | compras |
| Spanish | comestibles, abarrotes, compras, alimentos, ultramarinos, víveres |
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.