frosty
/ˈfɹɔsti/adjective
frosty is spelled F-R-O-S-T-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, frosty means “Cold, chilly; icy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in frosty?
| Letters | 6: F-R-O-S-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 frosty?
Frosty appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 frosty?
- UK /ˈfɹɒsti/
- US /ˈfɹɔsti/
- US /ˈfɹɑs-/
Frosty 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-frosty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with frosty?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as frosty from its last stressed vowel (/ɔsti/):
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 frosty
- frostier comparative
- frostiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frosty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Cold, chilly; icy.
The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.
- 2
Having frost on it or in it.
The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.
- 3
Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frosty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | froid, gelé, givré, glacial |
| German | frostig |
| Portuguese | gélido , geado |
| Spanish | con carama, con cencellada, con cenceñada, con recencellada, escarchado, helado |
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 frosty come from?
From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).