fairytale
adjective, noun
fairytale is spelled F-A-I-R-Y-T-A-L-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fairy-tale vs fairytale” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, fairytale means “Alternative spelling of fairy-tale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fairytale?
| Letters | 9: F-A-I-R-Y-T-A-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is fairytale?
Fairytale appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 fairytale?
Fairytale has 3 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).
Words people confuse with fairytale
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: fairy-tale (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of fairytale
- fairytales plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fairytale mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of fairy-tale.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of fairy tale.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).