cozy
adjective, noun, verb
cozy is spelled C-O-Z-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “cosy vs cozy” about 590 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, cozy means “US standard spelling of cosy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cozy?
| Letters | 4: C-O-Z-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is cozy?
Cozy appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th 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 cozy?
- US
Cozy 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: En-us-cozy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cozy
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: cosy.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of cozy
- cozier comparative
- coziest superlative
- cozies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cozying participle, present
- cozied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cozy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USUS standard spelling of cosy.
noun
- 1
USUS standard spelling of cosy.
verb
- 1
USUS standard spelling of cosy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).