hickory
/ˈhɪkəɹiː/noun
hickory is spelled H-I-C-K-O-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hickory means “Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hickory is hickories.
How many letters and syllables are in hickory?
| Letters | 7: H-I-C-K-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 hickory?
Hickory appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 hickory?
- /ˈhɪkəɹiː/
- /ˈhɪkɹiː/
Hickory 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: En-us-hickory.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hickory
- hickories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hickory mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
- 2
The wood of these trees.
- 3
A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
The loggers wore hickory shirts.
- 4
informalA club with a head made from hickory wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hickory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | noyer blanc, caryer |
| German | Hickorynussbaum |
| Portuguese | hicória |
| Spanish | jicoria, nogal americano |
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 hickory come from?
A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).