lucy
/ˈlusi/obsolete
lucy is spelled L-U-C-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lucy means “The drug LSD” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lucy is lucies.
How many letters and syllables are in lucy?
| Letters | 4: L-U-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th 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 lucy?
Lucy appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 lucy?
- UK /ˈluːsi/
- British /ˈlʉwsɪj/
- US /ˈlusi/
Lucy 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-Lucy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does lucy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicThe northern pike (a kind of fish).
noun
- 1
slangThe drug LSD.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lucy come from?
From Latin lūcius.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).