teacake
noun
teacake is spelled T-E-A-C-A-K-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, teacake means “A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of teacake is teacakes.
How many letters and syllables are in teacake?
| Letters | 7: T-E-A-C-A-K-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is teacake?
Teacake appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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 teacake?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-teacake.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of teacake
- teacakes plural
- tea-cake
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does teacake mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUKA flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea.
- 2
A bread roll without fruit; a barm.
- 3
IrelandScotlandUKA snack consisting of shortbread or wafer topped with meringue or marshmallow, coated in chocolate.
- 4
USA traditional type of dense, large cookie, typically hard-baked, not particularly sweet, and with few extra fillings.
- 5
USA small delicate cake or pastry; a petit four.
- 6
AustraliaA sweet cake similar to pound cake, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and caster sugar, often served warm.
- 7
A cake flavoured with tea.
- 8
IrelandA fruit cake similar to a barmbrack (but often without yeast) flavoured with tea and whiskey, especially associated with Halloween.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Teacake in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flat, round bun:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Rührkuchen |
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 teacake come from?
From tea + cake.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).