jetty

jet·ty/ˈd͡ʒɛti/noun, verb

jetty is spelled J-E-T-T-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (jet·ty). It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jetty means “A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jetty is jetties.

How many letters and syllables are in jetty?

Letters	5: J-E-T-T-Y
Syllables	2: jet·ty
In writing	1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Rhymes with	petty spaghetti yeti METI

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is jetty?

Jetty appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce jetty?

UK /ˈd͡ʒɛti/
US /ˈd͡ʒɛti/
US [-ɾi]

Jetty has 2 syllables, split jet·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-jetty.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-jetty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with jetty?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jetty from its last stressed vowel (/ɛti/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of jetty

jetties plural, present, singular, he/she/it
jettee
jettying participle, present
jettied participle, past
more jetty comparative
most jetty superlative
jettier comparative
jettiest superlative

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

What does jetty mean?

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

noun

1
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
2
A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater.
3
A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
4
A natural piece of land projecting into a body of water; a peninsula, a promontory.
5
In full air jetty: synonym of jet bridge (“an elevated, usually enclosed, corridor connecting an airport to an aeroplane for embarking and disembarking crew and passengers”).
6
obsoleteSynonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).

verb

1
Sometimes followed by out: to construct (a part of a building) so that it jets or projects beyond the rest.
2
To provide (a riverbank, seashore, etc.) with a jetty (“breakwater; dock or wharf”) (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2).
3
Sometimes followed by out or over: of (a part of) a building: to jet or project beyond the rest of the building or other structures.
4
To provide a riverbank, seashore, etc., with a jetty (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2).
5
obsoleterareTo move with haste.

adjective

1
obsoleterareHaving the characteristic of jetting or jutting out; protruding.
2
archaicLike jet (“a hard, black form of coal”) in colour; jet-black, pitch-black.
3
obsoleterareHaving a composition like that of jet.