savoury
adjective, noun
savoury is spelled S-A-V-O-U-R-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “savory vs savoury” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, savoury means “Alternative form of savory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in savoury?
| Letters | 7: S-A-V-O-U-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is savoury?
Savoury appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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).
Words people confuse with savoury
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: savory.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of savoury
- savourier comparative
- savouriest superlative
- savouries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does savoury mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUKAlternative form of savory.
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUKAlternative form of savory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).