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furry

fur·ry/ˈfɜɹ.i/adjective, noun

furry is spelled F-U-R-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (fur·ry). It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, furry means “Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in furry?

Letters5: F-U-R-R-Y
Syllables2: fur·ry
In writing3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
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Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is furry?

Furry appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 furry?

  • UK /ˈfɜː.ɹi/
  • /ˈføːɹiː/
  • US /ˈfɜɹ.i/

Furry has 2 syllables, split fur·ry in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-furry.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-furry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with furry

Sounds like: firry (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of furry

  • furrier comparative
  • furriest superlative
  • furries plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does furry mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

    His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.

  2. 2

    Resembling or characteristic of fur.

    a furry texture

  3. 3

    informalOf or related to the furry fandom, a subculture defined by an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters.

noun

  1. 1

    Someone who identifies with or as an animal character with human-like characteristics (an anthropomorphic animal character).

  2. 2

    An anthropomorphic animal character of this kind.

    What percentage of furries are wolves?

  3. 3

    Any member of the furry fandom or subculture (including those without fursonas).

    The furry had designed an elaborate costume.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Furry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpoilu, velu (covered with fur), furry (animal character with human-like characteristics)
Germanpelzig, Pelz- (covered with fur), Furry (animal character with human-like characteristics)
Portuguesepeludo (covered with fur), furry (animal character with human-like characteristics), furro (of or related to the furry fandom)
Spanishpeludo, lanudo, peloso, lanoso, pubescente (covered with fur), furro (of or related to the furry fandom)

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 furry come from?

From fur + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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