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breezy

/ˈbɹiːzi/adjective, noun

breezy is spelled B-R-E-E-Z-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, breezy means “With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in breezy?

Letters6: B-R-E-E-Z-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is breezy?

Breezy appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 breezy?

  • /ˈbɹiːzi/

Breezy has 2 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-breezy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of breezy

  • breezier comparative
  • breeziest superlative
  • breezey rare
  • breezies plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does breezy mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.

  2. 2

    With a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner.

noun

  1. 1

    A young woman.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Breezy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchaéré (exposed to the breezes)
Germanzugig, luftig, frisch, windig (exposed to the breezes), fröhlich, lebhaft ((figuratively) cheerful and lively)
Spanishfresco ((figuratively) cheerful and lively)

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 breezy come from?

From breeze + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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