To convert grams of dried oregano into tablespoons, multiply by 0.33333333: one gram comes to 0.33333333 tablespoons. Every ingredient has its own figure here, because the units are measuring different things and only the density links them.
The density behind that figure is 0.20288 g per mL, against 1.00 for water. A cup of water weighs 236.6 g and a cup of dried oregano weighs 48 g, so this ingredient is 20.29% as heavy as the same volume of water — the single fact the whole page rests on.
A level tablespoon of dried oregano is 3 g, which puts a teaspoon at 1 g and a tablespoon and a half — the quantity recipes are fondest of — at 4.5 g. Levelling twice is where the error comes from, so the scale is the faster instrument once the quantity passes a couple of spoons.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 2.08% of a cup of dried oregano, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 10.42 cups, and a 1 kg pack 20.83.
How the figure is arrived at: Crumbled leaf, almost entirely air. A teaspoon of it is barely a gram, which is why dried herbs are the worst case for scale resolution.
The formula
grams- The amount of dried oregano you are converting, in grams
0.333333333333- Tablespoons per gram for dried oregano, from its density of 0.20288 g/mL
tablespoons- The equivalent quantity in tablespoons
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.333333333333, the tablespoons-per-gram figure for dried oregano.
- The result appears in tablespoons, with a second reading in tsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of dried oregano in tablespoons
A recipe calling for 50 g of dried oregano needs 16.6667 tablespoons on the scale. The arithmetic is 50 × 0.33333333 = 16.666667, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 8.33333 tablespoons.
150 g of dried oregano in tablespoons
150 g of dried oregano weighs out at 50 tablespoons. Divide 50 by 0.33333333 and you get back to 150 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
500 g of dried oregano in tablespoons
Take 500 g of dried oregano: 500 × 0.33333333 gives 166.667 tablespoons. Doubling the batch takes it to 333.333 tablespoons, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
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Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons are in 1 g of dried oregano?
One gram of dried oregano is 0.33333333 tablespoons. Half that quantity is 0.166667 tablespoons and double it is 0.666667 tablespoons, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of dried oregano not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Dried oregano has a density of 0.20288 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 48 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 188.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of dried oregano by roughly 20% — about 4.8 g either side of 48 g — because crumbled leaf, almost entirely air. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of dried oregano the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of dried oregano weighs 0.2116 oz, so the two readings differ by 78.8%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of dried oregano would weigh 50.721 g instead of 48 g — 2.72 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
At this size the spoon wins. One tablespoon of dried oregano is 3 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 33.3% resolution on that — a measuring spoon is the more accurate instrument below about 5 g, which is why spice quantities are still written in spoons.
How much does 3 tbsp of dried oregano weigh?
3 tbsp of dried oregano comes to 9 g, or 9 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the tablespoons-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Dried oregano in grams and tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 1.66667 tbsp | 1.666666667 |
| 10 g | 3.33333 tbsp | 3.333333333 |
| 25 g | 8.33333 tbsp | 8.333333333 |
| 50 g | 16.6667 tbsp | 16.66666667 |
| 100 g | 33.3333 tbsp | 33.33333333 |
| 125 g | 41.6667 tbsp | 41.66666667 |
| 150 g | 50 tbsp | 50 |
| 200 g | 66.6667 tbsp | 66.66666667 |
| 250 g | 83.3333 tbsp | 83.33333333 |
| 300 g | 100 tbsp | 100 |
| 500 g | 166.667 tbsp | 166.6666667 |
| 1000 g | 333.333 tbsp | 333.3333333 |
Based on 48 g per cup of dried oregano. One gram of dried oregano is 0.33333333 tablespoons.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 48 g | 1.69 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 3 g | 0.106 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 2 g | 0.0705 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 1 g | 0.0353 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 0.75 g | 0.0265 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 0.5 g | 0.0176 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 0.25 g | 0.00882 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.125 g | 0.00441 oz | 0.6161 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dried oregano (this page) | 48 g | 1.693 oz | 0.2029 |
| Ground ginger | 86 g | 3.034 oz | 0.3635 |
| Ground cardamom | 96 g | 3.386 oz | 0.4058 |
| Ground cumin | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground cloves | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground nutmeg | 106 g | 3.739 oz | 0.448 |
| Ground black pepper | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 0.4649 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.