enjoy
en·joy/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/verb
enjoy is spelled E-N-J-O-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (en·joy). It appears 123 times per million words in written English, the 851st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, enjoy means “To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in enjoy?
| Letters | 5: E-N-J-O-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: en·joy |
| In writing | 123 times per million words; the 851st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is enjoy?
Enjoy appears 123 times per million words in written English, the 851st 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 enjoy?
- US /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
- US /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
- US /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
Enjoy has 2 syllables, split en·joy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-enjoy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with enjoy?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as enjoy from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪ/):
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 enjoy
- enjoys present, singular, he/she/it
- enjoying participle, present
- enjoyed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enjoy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
- 2
To have the use or benefit of something.
I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
- 3
IndiaTo be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
I enjoyed a lot.
- 4
To have sexual intercourse with.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Enjoy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | profiter de, jouir de, apprécier, prendre plaisir , bénéficier de |
| German | genießen, sich erfreuen an |
| Portuguese | aproveitar, desfrutar, gozar, curtir, apreciar |
| Spanish | disfrutar, gozar, fruir , aprovechar |
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 enjoy come from?
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).