octopussy
noun
octopussy is spelled O-C-T-O-P-U-S-S-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, octopussy means “An octopus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of octopussy is octopussies.
How many letters and syllables are in octopussy?
| Letters | 9: O-C-T-O-P-U-S-S-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is octopussy?
Octopussy appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 octopussy?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-octopussy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of octopussy
- octopussies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does octopussy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An octopus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does octopussy come from?
Diminutive of octopus, either from octopus + -y or by analogy with pussy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).