foggy
/ˈfɒɡi/adjective
foggy is spelled F-O-G-G-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, foggy means “Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in foggy?
| Letters | 5: F-O-G-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is foggy?
Foggy appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 foggy?
- /ˈfɒɡi/
Foggy 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-foggy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of foggy
- foggier comparative
- foggiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does foggy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
- 2
Confused, befuddled, or vague.
He was still foggy with sleep.
- 3
Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Foggy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brumeux , embrumé, engourdi |
| German | neblig, diesig |
| Portuguese | enevoado, nublado |
| Spanish | brumoso, nebuloso, neblinoso, emboriado, caliginoso |
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 foggy come from?
From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).