hetty
het·ty/ˈhɛti/noun, adjective
hetty is spelled H-E-T-T-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (het·ty). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hetty means “A heterosexual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hetty is hetties.
How many letters and syllables are in hetty?
| Letters | 5: H-E-T-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: het·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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 hetty?
Hetty appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 hetty?
- /ˈhɛti/
Hetty has 2 syllables, split het·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hetty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hetty
- hetties plural
- hettie
- hettier comparative
- hettiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hetty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA heterosexual.
adjective
- 1
slangHeterosexual.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hetty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense heterosexual:
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 hetty come from?
From het + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).