pantry
/ˈpantɹi/noun
pantry is spelled P-A-N-T-R-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pantry means “A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pantry is pantries.
How many letters and syllables are in pantry?
| Letters | 6: P-A-N-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th 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 pantry?
Pantry appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 pantry?
- /ˈpæntɹi/
- UK /ˈpantɹi/
- UK [ˈpant(ʰ)ɹ̥i]
Pantry 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pantry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pantry
- pantries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pantry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUKUSA small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.
- 2
A break room.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pantry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense storage room:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | garde-manger |
| German | Speisekammer, Vorratskammer |
| Portuguese | despensa |
| Spanish | despensa, alacena, alhacena, reposte, lacena, pantry |
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 pantry come from?
From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).