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easy

ea·sy/ˈiːzi/adjective, adverb, noun, verb, interjection

easy is spelled E-A-S-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables (ea·sy). It appears 195 times per million words in written English, the 516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, easy means “Comfortable; at ease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in easy?

Letters4: E-A-S-Y
Syllables2: ea·sy
In writing195 times per million words; the 516th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 easy?

Easy appears 195 times per million words in written English, the 516th 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 easy?

  • /ˈiːzi/
  • [ˈɪi̯zɪi̯]
  • /ˈi.ze/

Easy has 2 syllables, split ea·sy in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-easy.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-easy.wav, En-us-easy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of easy

  • easier comparative
  • more easy comparative
  • easiest superlative
  • most easy superlative
  • eazy
  • easies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • easying participle, present
  • easied participle, past

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

What does easy mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Comfortable; at ease.

    Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.

  2. 2

    Requiring little skill or effort.

    It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.

  3. 3

    Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

    Rich people live in easy circumstances, that is, the easy life.

  4. 4

    Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

    easy manners; an easy style

  5. 5

    derogatoryinformalConsenting readily to sex.

    She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.

  6. 6

    Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

  7. 7

    datedNot straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.

    The market is easy.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a relaxed or casual manner.

    After his illness, John decided to take it easy.

  2. 2

    In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly.

    Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.

  3. 3

    Handily; at the very least.

    This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.

verb

  1. 1

    Synonym of easy-oar.

interjection

  1. 1

    informalRequesting deintensification or a halt.

noun

as Easy
  1. 1

    radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter E.

noun

  1. 1

    informalrareSomething that is easy.

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

How do you abbreviate easy?

Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of easy: EZ, ez.

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

Easy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchfacile, simple, fastoche, aisé (requiring little skill or effort)
Germanleicht, einfach (requiring little skill or effort)
Portuguesefácil (requiring little skill or effort)
Spanishfácil (requiring little skill or effort), entregado, ofrecido, quedón (consenting readily to sex), suave (unharshly, gently), aflojar (interjection)

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 easy come from?

From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease + -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”).

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

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