mockery
/ˈmɑkəɹi/noun
mockery is spelled M-O-C-K-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mockery means “The action of mocking; ridicule, derision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mockery is mockeries.
How many letters and syllables are in mockery?
| Letters | 7: M-O-C-K-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 mockery?
Mockery appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 mockery?
- UK /ˈmɒkəɹi/
- US /ˈmɑkəɹi/
Mockery 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)-Vininn126-mockery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mockery?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mockery from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəɹi/):
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 mockery
- mockeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mockery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- 2
Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- 3
obsoleteSomething insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- 4
Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mockery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Verspottung, Verhöhnung , Gespött, Lachnummer , Farce, Posse |
| Portuguese | escárnio, zombaria |
| Spanish | mote, mofa, pitorreo, ludibrio |
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 mockery come from?
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).