firey
/ˈfaɪəɹi/noun
firey is a noun meaning “A firefighter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-R-E-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of firey is fireys.
What does firey mean?
noun
- 1
AustraliacolloquialA firefighter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce firey?
- /ˈfaɪəɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_firey.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of firey
- fireys plural
- firie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is firey?
Firey appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).
Words people confuse with firey
Sounds like: fiery (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does firey come from?
From fire + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).