potty
/ˈpɑti/noun, verb, adjective
potty is spelled P-O-T-T-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, potty means “A chamber pot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of potty is potties.
How many letters and syllables are in potty?
| Letters | 5: P-O-T-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 potty?
Potty appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 potty?
- UK /ˈpɒti/
- US /ˈpɑti/
- US [ˈpɑɾi]
Potty 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).
What rhymes with potty?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as potty from its last stressed vowel (/ɑti/):
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 potty
- potties plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pottying participle, present
- pottied participle, past
- pottier comparative
- pottiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does potty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A chamber pot.
- 2
A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
- 3
Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
verb
- 1
Synonym of go potty.
If anybody needs to potty, do it now before we go.
adjective
- 1
informalInsane.
The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty.
- 2
Easy to pot the ball on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Potty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense children's chamberpot:
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 potty come from?
From pot (“chamberpot”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).