juicy
/ˈd͡ʒuːsi/adjective
juicy is spelled J-U-I-C-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, juicy means “Having lots of juice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in juicy?
| Letters | 5: J-U-I-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 juicy?
Juicy appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 juicy?
- /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/
Juicy 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-us-juicy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of juicy
- juicier comparative
- juiciest superlative
- juicey rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does juicy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having lots of juice.
a juicy peach
- 2
Exciting; titillating.
Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy
- 3
slangVoluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.
- 4
Strong; thus, also painful.
- 5
slangMuscular due to steroid use.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Juicy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 juicy come from?
From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).