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gingery

adjective

gingery is spelled G-I-N-G-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gingery means “Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in gingery?

Letters7: G-I-N-G-E-R-Y
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 22 million words; the 141,699th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 gingery?

Gingery appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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 gingery?

    Gingery has 3 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).

    Forms of gingery

    • more gingery comparative
    • most gingery superlative

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

    What does gingery mean?

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

    adjective

    1. 1

      Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).

      gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox

    2. 2

      Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person)

    3. 3

      Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.

      a gingery broth / stir-fry

    4. 4

      datedEnergetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy.

    5. 5

      USdatedGinger, inhibited, cautious.

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

    Where does gingery come from?

    From ginger + -y.

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

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