funnies
/ˈfʌniz/
"funnies" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“funnies” is an uncommon English word, ranked #59,408 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,408
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of funny
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | funnies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfʌniz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “funnies” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for funnies is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfʌniz/. Corpus data places it at rank #59,408 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of funny".
No misspelling variants are generated for funnies in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is funnies, spelled F-U-N-N-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of funny
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “funnies”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-N-N-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfʌniz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.