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peery

adjective, noun

peery is spelled P-E-E-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, peery means “That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in peery?

Letters5: P-E-E-R-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 peery?

Peery appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 peery?

    Peery 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).

    Forms of peery

    • more peery comparative
    • peerier comparative
    • most peery superlative
    • peeriest superlative
    • peeries plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does peery mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      rareThat tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.

    2. 2

      rareOf or pertaining to peers or the peerage.

    noun

    1. 1

      Scotlandspinning top

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does peery come from?

    From peer + -y.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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