eddy
/ˈɛd.i/noun, verb
eddy is spelled E-D-D-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eddy means “A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eddy is eddies or eddys.
How many letters and syllables are in eddy?
| Letters | 4: E-D-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is eddy?
Eddy appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th 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 eddy?
- US /ˈɛd.i/
Eddy 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-eddy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eddy?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eddy from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dyed.
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 eddy
- eddies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- eddying participle, present
- eddied participle, past
- eddys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eddy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- 2
A circular current; a whirlpool.
- 3
slangA marijuana edible.
verb
- 1
To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eddy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contre-courant, remous , tourbillon |
| German | Wirbel |
| Portuguese | vórtice, remoinho |
| Spanish | contracorriente, revesa, remolino |
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 eddy come from?
From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).