fenny
fen·ny/ˈfɛni/adjective, noun
fenny is spelled F-E-N-N-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (fen·ny). It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Fenny, the name). As an adjective, fenny means “Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fenny?
| Letters | 5: F-E-N-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fen·ny |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 fenny?
Fenny appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Fenny, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fenny?
- US /ˈfɛni/
Fenny has 2 syllables, split fen·ny in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fenny.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fenny?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fenny from its last stressed vowel (/ɛni/):
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 fenny
- more fenny comparative
- most fenny superlative
- fennies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fenny mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
- 2
Now chiefly of plants: growing or living in a fen.
- 3
obsoleteMuddy; hence, dirty, filthy.
noun
- 1
colloquialAlternative form of fennie (“fenestration”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fenny in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 fenny come from?
From Middle English fenny, fenni (“marshy, muddy; of meat: putrid, rotten; of a person: sinful, vile”), from Old English fenniġ (“dirty; marshy, muddy, fenny”), from fen, fenn (“marsh, fen; mud”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“moist, wet; mud; swamp; water”)) + -iġ (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as fen + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).