dozy
adjective
dozy is spelled D-O-Z-Y: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dozy means “Quite sleepy or tired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dozy?
| Letters | 4: D-O-Z-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dozy?
Dozy appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 dozy?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-dozy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dozy
- dozier comparative
- doziest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dozy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Quite sleepy or tired.
- 2
Intellectually slow.
Jim is a dozy child.
- 3
Decaying, rotten, spongy.
dozy wood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dozy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | somnolent |
| Spanish | adormecido |
| German | dösig |
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 dozy come from?
From doze + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).