paddock

pad·dock/ˈpædək/noun, verb

paddock is spelled P-A-D-D-O-C-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables (pad·dock). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paddock means “A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paddock is paddocks.

How many letters and syllables are in paddock?

Letters	7: P-A-D-D-O-C-K
Syllables	2: pad·dock
In writing	1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Rhymes with	shaddock

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is paddock?

Paddock appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form in the list.

paddock0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce paddock?

UK /ˈpædək/
US /ˈpædək/
US [ˈpæɾək]

Paddock has 2 syllables, split pad·dock in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-paddock.wav, En-au-paddock.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with paddock?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as paddock from its last stressed vowel (/ædək/):

shaddock

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 paddock

paddocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
paddocking participle, present
paddocked participle, past
padock
puddock

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does paddock mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
2
An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
3
An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
4
slangA field on which a game is played; a playing field.
5
AustraliaA field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
6
AustraliaA place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
7
AustraliaScotlandA frog.
Cold as a paddock.
8
AustraliaScotlandA toad.
9
AustraliaScotlandderogatoryA contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
10
AustraliaScotlandA simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.

verb

1
AustraliaTo place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
2
AustraliaTo enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
3
AustraliaTo excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
4
AustraliaobsoleteTo store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).