freaky
/ˈfɹiː.ki/adjective
freaky is spelled F-R-E-A-K-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, freaky means “Resembling a freak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in freaky?
| Letters | 6: F-R-E-A-K-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is freaky?
Freaky appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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 freaky?
- /ˈfɹiː.ki/
Freaky 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: En-au-freaky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with freaky?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as freaky.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fakery.
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 freaky
- freakier comparative
- freakiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does freaky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resembling a freak.
- 2
slangOdd; bizarre; unusual.
I've heard the props and costumes in this play are quite freaky.
- 3
slangScary; frightening.
Have you met the freaky new guy who moved in next door?
- 4
slangSexually deviant or overly sexual.
The things she asked me to do were too freaky for me.
- 5
slangSexually aroused, horny.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Freaky in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unusual:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | friki, freaky |
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 freaky come from?
From freak + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).