laundry
/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/noun
laundry is spelled L-A-U-N-D-R-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laundry means “A laundering; a washing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laundry is laundries.
How many letters and syllables are in laundry?
| Letters | 7: L-A-U-N-D-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th 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 laundry?
Laundry appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 laundry?
- /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/
- /ˈlɑn.dɹi/
- /ˈlɑːn.dɹi/
Laundry has 2 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-laundry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of laundry
- laundries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laundry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A laundering; a washing.
In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day.
- 2
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
- 3
That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.
- 4
slangA penalty flag.
- 5
A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate laundry?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of laundry: ldry..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Laundry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blanchisserie, blanchissage , laverie, buanderie , linge |
| German | Wäsche, Waschen , Waschküche, Waschraum, Wäscherei, Waschsalon |
| Portuguese | lavada, lavação, lavagem , lavanderia, lavandaria, área de serviço |
| Spanish | colada, lavado , lavandería, habitación de lavado, lavandero , ropa sucia |
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 laundry come from?
From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).