pennies
/ˈpɛn.iːz/noun, verb
pennies is spelled P-E-N-N-I-E-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pennies means “An unspecified, but very small amount of money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pennies?
| Letters | 7: P-E-N-N-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th 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 pennies?
Pennies appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 pennies?
- UK /ˈpɛnɪz/
- US /ˈpɛn.iːz/
Pennies 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-pennies.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pennies
- penies
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pennies mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of penny
- 2
An unspecified, but very small amount of money.
It costs only pennies per day.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of penny
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).