comedy
com·e·dy/ˈkɑmədi/noun
comedy is spelled C-O-M-E-D-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables (com·e·dy). It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comedy means “a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comedy is comedies.
How many letters and syllables are in comedy?
| Letters | 6: C-O-M-E-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: com·e·dy |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 comedy?
Comedy appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st 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 comedy?
- UK /ˈkɒmədi/
- British /ˈkɔmədɪj/
- US /ˈkɑmədi/
Comedy has 3 syllables, split com·e·dy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-comedy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with comedy?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as comedy from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmədi/):
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 comedy
- comedies plural
- comedie
- comœdie
- comœdy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comedy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
- 2
a light, amusing play with a happy ending
A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
- 3
a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
- 4
a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- 5
the genre of such works
- 6
entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
- 7
the art of composing comedy
- 8
a humorous event
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate comedy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of comedy: com.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comedy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.