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carby

noun, adjective

carby is spelled C-A-R-B-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carby means “Synonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carby is carbies.

How many letters and syllables are in carby?

Letters5: C-A-R-B-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 carby?

Carby appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 carby?

    Carby 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).

    Forms of carby

    • carbies plural
    • more carby comparative
    • most carby superlative

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

    What does carby mean?

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

    noun

    1. 1

      CommonwealthinformalSynonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”).

      We replaced the old carby with an aftermarket throttle-body fuel injection unit.

    adjective

    1. 1

      informalRich in carbohydrates.

      We'd better lay off the carby foods. It'll help protect our vascular health.

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

    Where does carby come from?

    Clipping plus diminutive -y.

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

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