stationery
/ˈsteɪʃənɛɹi/noun
stationery is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “stationary vs stationery” about 14,800 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, stationery means “Writing materials, envelopes, office materials” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stationery is stationeries.
How many letters and syllables are in stationery?
| Letters | 10: S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stationery?
Stationery appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 stationery?
- UK /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
- US /ˈsteɪʃənɛɹi/
Stationery has 4 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-stationary.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-stationery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with stationery
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: stationary (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with stationery?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stationery from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃənɛɹi/):
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 stationery
- stationeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stationery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.
When the school year finished, he put all of his stationery away in the loft, as he would have no need for pencils and exercise books during the holidays.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stationery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense writing materials:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | papeterie |
| German | Büromaterial, Schreibwaren |
| Portuguese | papelaria |
| Spanish | papelería |
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 stationery come from?
From stationer + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).