pottage
/ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/noun
pottage is spelled P-O-T-T-A-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pottage means “A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pottage is pottages.
How many letters and syllables are in pottage?
| Letters | 7: P-O-T-T-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th 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 pottage?
Pottage appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 pottage?
- US /ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/
- UK /ˈpɒtɪd͡ʒ/
Pottage 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-pottage.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pottage
- pottages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pottage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- 2
archaicAn oatmeal porridge.
- 3
A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pottage come from?
From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).