goody
/ˈɡʊdi/interjection, noun, adjective
goody is spelled G-O-O-D-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “goodie vs goody” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, goody means “Used to indicate pleasure or delight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in goody?
| Letters | 5: G-O-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is goody?
Goody appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 goody?
- /ˈɡʊdi/
Goody 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-goody.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with goody
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: goodie.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of goody
- goodie
- goodies plural
- goodier comparative
- goodiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
informalUsed to indicate pleasure or delight.
Oh goody, ice cream!
noun
- 1
informalA small amount of something good to eat.
- 2
informalAny small, usually free, item.
- 3
IrelandPudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
- 4
informalAlternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”).
- 5
colloquialThat which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up.
- 6
An American fish, the lafayette or spot.
- 7
obsoleteGoodwife, a 17th-century Puritan honorific for an adult woman.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Goody in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | oba |
| German | Leckerbissen, etwas Leckeres, Süßigkeit |
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 goody come from?
From good + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms), influenced by the noun (Etymology 2).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).