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groovy

/ˈɡɹuvi/adjective, noun

groovy is spelled G-R-O-O-V-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, groovy means “Of, pertaining to, or having grooves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in groovy?

Letters6: G-R-O-O-V-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 groovy?

Groovy appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 groovy?

  • /ˈɡɹuvi/

Groovy 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-groovy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of groovy

  • groovier comparative
  • grooviest superlative
  • groovey
  • groovies plural

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

What does groovy mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.

    The back of the tile was groovy so that it could hold the adhesive compound.

  2. 2

    obsoleteSet in one's ways.

  3. 3

    datedslangCool, neat, interesting.

  4. 4

    slangReminiscent of the counterculture of the 1960s; hippie, psychedelic.

  5. 5

    Melodious, danceable; particularly of a riff or bassline.

noun

  1. 1

    datedslangA trendy and fashionable person.

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

Groovy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanrau (having grooves), toll, fetzig, schick (cool, neat, interesting)
Portuguesebacana (cool, neat, interesting)
Spanishbacán, macanudo, genial, guay (cool, neat, interesting)

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 groovy come from?

From groove + -y.

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

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