fleecy
/ˈfliːsi/adjective
fleecy is an adjective meaning “Resembling or covered in fleece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-E-C-Y and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fleecy mean?
adjective
- 1
Resembling or covered in fleece.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fleecy?
- /ˈfliːsi/
Fleecy 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fleecy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleecy
- fleecier comparative
- fleeciest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fleecy?
Fleecy appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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).
Fleecy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Resembling or covered in fleece:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | molletonné |
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 fleecy come from?
From fleece + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).