bassy
/bæsi/adjective, noun
bassy is spelled B-A-S-S-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bassy means “Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bassy?
| Letters | 5: B-A-S-S-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bassy?
Bassy appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 bassy?
- /bæsi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bassy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bassy?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bassy.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: abyss.
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 bassy
- bassier comparative
- bassiest superlative
- bassies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bassy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds.
noun
- 1
slangA knife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bassy come from?
From bass + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).