porringer
noun
porringer is spelled P-O-R-R-I-N-G-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, porringer means “A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of porringer is porringers.
How many letters and syllables are in porringer?
| Letters | 9: P-O-R-R-I-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is porringer?
Porringer appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).
Forms of porringer
- porringers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does porringer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.
- 2
obsoleteA headdress shaped like such a dish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does porringer come from?
From Middle English paroger, porrynger, a variant of potager, potynger (“small dish for stew”), apparently from potage + -er, with intrusive n before g as in messenger and passenger. Compare poddinger and later porridge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).