pastry
/ˈpeɪstɹi/noun
pastry is spelled P-A-S-T-R-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pastry means “A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pastry is pastries.
How many letters and syllables are in pastry?
| Letters | 6: P-A-S-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th 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 pastry?
Pastry appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 pastry?
- /ˈpeɪstɹi/
Pastry 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-pastry.ogg, LL-Q7979-Soundguys-pastry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pastry
- pastries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pastry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.
- 2
The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
- 3
The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
- 4
obsoleteA place where pastry is made.
- 5
The act or art of making pastry.
He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
- 6
Desserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour and fat, or that section of a kitchen that prepares these.
I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pastry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | pastelito, pastelillo , pastel, pastelería |
| French | pâtisserie |
| German | Backwerk, Gebäck, Feingebäck , Gebäckteig |
| Portuguese | pastelaria |
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 pastry come from?
From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).