dicey

/ˈdaɪsi/adjective

dicey is spelled D-I-C-E-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dicey means “Fraught with danger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in dicey?

Letters	5: D-I-C-E-Y
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none 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 dicey?

Dicey appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce dicey?

/ˈdaɪsi/
/ˈdʌɪ̯si/

Dicey 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-au-dicey.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of dicey

dicier comparative
diciest superlative
dicy

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

What does dicey mean?

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

adjective

1
Fraught with danger.
2
Of uncertain, risky outcome.
3
Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.

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

Dicey in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	périlleux, risqué (fraught with danger), au résultat incertain (of uncertain, risky outcome)
German	brenzlig (fraught with danger), riskant (of uncertain, risky outcome)
Spanish	riesgoso, peligroso (fraught with danger), arriesgado, dudoso, incierto (of uncertain, risky outcome)

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.