mickey
mick·ey/ˈmɪki/noun, adjective, verb
mickey is spelled M-I-C-K-E-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables (mick·ey). It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mickey means “The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mickey is mickeys.
How many letters and syllables are in mickey?
| Letters | 6: M-I-C-K-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mick·ey |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th 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; 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 mickey?
Mickey appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 mickey?
- US /ˈmɪki/
Mickey has 2 syllables, split mick·ey in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-mickey.wav, En-ca-mickey.ogg, En-au-Mickey.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mickey
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: micky.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of mickey
- mickeys plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more mickey comparative
- most mickey superlative
- mickeying participle, present
- mickeyed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mickey mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
- 2
AustraliainformalThe noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
- 3
AustraliaslangA young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
- 4
AustraliaIrelandrareslangThe vulva.
- 5
CanadainformalA small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
While you’re at the liquor store, get a mickey of rye.
- 6
IrelandslangThe penis.
He fell off the bike and injured his mickey.
- 7
UKslangShort for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
- 8
UKinformalIn take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
verb
- 1
Sometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”); to secretly put a drug into (someone's drink) to render them unconscious”).
noun
- 1
informalrareA Mickey Mouse cartoon.
- 2
derogatoryoffensiveslangA Roman Catholic person.
- 3
USderogatoryoffensiveslangAn Irishman.
- 4
slangShort for Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
- 5
slangA type of bombsight assisted by radar.
adjective
- 1
AustraliainformalShort for Mickey Mouse (“excellent, grouse”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mickey come from?
Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (noun), from Mickey (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”, proper noun), from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). Noun sense 1 (“smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor”) refers to the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).