Lilly
/ˈlɪl.i/noun
Lilly is spelled L-I-L-L-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “lilly vs lily” about 480 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, Lilly means “A Lilly Pulitzer dress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Lilly is Lillys or Lillies.
How many letters and syllables are in Lilly?
| Letters | 5: L-I-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is Lilly?
Lilly appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 Lilly?
- /ˈlɪl.i/
Lilly 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-lily.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Lilly
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: lily.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of Lilly
- Lillys plural
- Lillies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Lilly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USinformalA Lilly Pulitzer dress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).