rockery
/ˈɹɑk.ɚ.i/noun
rockery is spelled R-O-C-K-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rockery means “A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rockery is rockeries.
How many letters and syllables are in rockery?
| Letters | 7: R-O-C-K-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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; 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 rockery?
Rockery appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 rockery?
- UK /ˈɹɒk.ə.ɹi/
- US /ˈɹɑk.ɚ.i/
Rockery has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rockery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rockery?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rockery from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəɹi/):
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 rockery
- rockeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rockery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants.
- 2
A natural area where many seals breed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rockery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense section of a garden made from decorative rocks:
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 rockery come from?
From rock + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).