jollies

noun

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"jollies" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jollies” is uncommon English (frequency #91,664 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,664
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of jolly

Corpus desk

Index EN-jollies · jollies · English

jollies · rank #91,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,664
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jolyon

Nearest frequency peer: Jolyon (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “jollies”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “jollies” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jollies
PropertyValue
Headwordjollies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,664
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jollies” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).jolliesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Jolyon” (#91,665), “JRPG” (#91,667), “jel” (#91,659). Among 796 “J” headwords, “jollies” is #91,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jollies is uncommon English at frequency #91,664 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for jollies in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is jollies, spelled J-O-L-L-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of jolly
  2. 2
    Kicks; satisfaction; entertainment.
  3. 3
    The Royal Marines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jollies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I don't know if this is how you get your jollies, but it's pretty screwed up.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jollies"?
"jollies" is spelled J-O-L-L-I-E-S.
What does "jollies" mean?
As a noun, "jollies" means: plural of jolly
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jollies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jadeite#91,652Kenrick#91,692lacunae#91,715haveing#91,599

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list