tandoori
/tænˈdʊɹi/adjective, noun
tandoori is spelled T-A-N-D-O-O-R-I: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tandoori means “Cooked in a tandoor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tandoori?
| Letters | 8: T-A-N-D-O-O-R-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th 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 tandoori?
Tandoori appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 tandoori?
- US /tænˈdʊɹi/
- US /tɑnˈdʊɹi/
- UK /tænˈdʊəɹi/
Tandoori 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-tandoori.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tandoori?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tandoori from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹi/):
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 tandoori
- tandooris plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tandoori mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Cooked in a tandoor.
noun
- 1
A dish that was cooked in a tandoor.
- 2
UKinformalA curry meal.
- 3
UKinformalAn Indian restaurant, especially one with a tandoor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tandoori come from?
Borrowed from Hindustani तन्दूरी (tandūrī) / تندوری (tandūrī), from Classical Persian تنوری (tanūrī).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).