frenzy
/ˈfɹɛnzi/noun, verb
frenzy is spelled F-R-E-N-Z-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frenzy means “A state of wild activity or panic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frenzy is frenzies.
How many letters and syllables are in frenzy?
| Letters | 6: F-R-E-N-Z-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th 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 frenzy?
Frenzy appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 frenzy?
- /ˈfɹɛnzi/
Frenzy 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-us-frenzy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frenzy
- frenzies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- phrenzy
- phrensy
- more frenzy comparative
- most frenzy superlative
- frenzying participle, present
- frenzied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frenzy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A state of wild activity or panic.
international media frenzy
- 2
A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
verb
- 1
To render frantic.
- 2
rareTo exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteMad; frantic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frenzy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of wild activity or panic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | frénésie |
| German | Wahn, Rausch, Wut |
| Portuguese | frenesi, frenesim |
| Spanish | frenesí, manía, desenfreno, desenfrenamiento, desfrenamiento, paroxismo |
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 frenzy come from?
From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).