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poppy

pop·py/ˈpɑpi/noun, adjective

poppy is spelled P-O-P-P-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (pop·py). It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Poppy, the name). As a noun, poppy means “Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poppy is poppies.

How many letters and syllables are in poppy?

Letters5: P-O-P-P-Y
Syllables2: pop·py
In writing3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is poppy?

Poppy appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Poppy, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce poppy?

  • UK /ˈpɒpi/
  • US /ˈpɑpi/

Poppy has 2 syllables, split pop·py in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-poppy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with poppy?

6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as poppy from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpi/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of poppy

  • poppies plural
  • poppier comparative
  • more poppy comparative
  • poppiest superlative
  • most poppy superlative
  • poppie

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

What does poppy mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

  2. 2

    A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.

  3. 3

    AustraliaCanadaUKA simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.

  4. 4

    informalOne's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).

  2. 2

    informalHaving a popping or bursting sound.

  3. 3

    informalOf a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.

  4. 4

    informalOf eyes: protruding, sticking out.

  5. 5

    datedinformalPopular.

  6. 6

    informalTypical of, or in the style of, pop music.

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

Poppy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpavot (plant of the genus Papaver), coquelicot (artificial poppy flower to remember those who…)
GermanMohn (plant of the genus Papaver)
Portuguesepapoula (plant of the genus Papaver)
Spanishamapola, adormidera (plant of the genus Papaver), borboteante, entusiástico, burbujeante (having a popping or busting sound)

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 poppy come from?

The noun is derived from Late Middle English poppy, Middle English popy, popi, popie (“plant of the genus Papaver; poppy seeds used as a spice”) [and other forms], from Old English popiġ (“poppy”), Early Old English popeġ, popaeġ, popæġ, popei [and other forms], perhaps from Late Latin *papavum, popauer, from Latin papāver (“poppy”), which may be from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”). Doublet of papaver.

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

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