pervy
adjective
pervy is spelled P-E-R-V-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pervy means “Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pervy?
| Letters | 5: P-E-R-V-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st 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 pervy?
Pervy appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 pervy?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pervy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pervy
- pervier comparative
- perviest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pervy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangBehaving or looking like a sexual pervert.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pervy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense like a sexual pervert:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | pervers |
| Spanish | pervertido, rarito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pervy come from?
From perv + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).