pottery
/ˈpɑtəɹi/noun
pottery is spelled P-O-T-T-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pottery means “Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pottery is potteries.
How many letters and syllables are in pottery?
| Letters | 7: P-O-T-T-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pottery?
Pottery appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 pottery?
- UK /ˈpɒtəɹi/
- US /ˈpɑtəɹi/
- US [ˈpɑɾəɹi]
Pottery has 3 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-pottery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pottery?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pottery from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtəɹi/):
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 pottery
- potteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pottery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
- 2
A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
- 3
The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pottery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poterie |
| German | Töpferware, Tongerät, Töpfergeschirr , Töpferei |
| Portuguese | cerâmica , olaria |
| Spanish | cerámica, loza , alfarería |
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 pottery come from?
From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).