rocky
/ˈɹɑki/adjective
rocky is spelled R-O-C-K-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, rocky means “Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rocky?
| Letters | 5: R-O-C-K-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rocky?
Rocky appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 rocky?
- UK /ˈɹɒki/
- UK [ˈɹʷɒki]
- US /ˈɹɑki/
Rocky 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: En-us-rocky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rocky?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rocky from its last stressed vowel (/ɑki/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: corky.
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 rocky
- rockier comparative
- more rocky comparative
- rockiest superlative
- most rocky superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rocky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
a rocky mountain a rocky shore
- 2
Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- 3
Having a habitat around or on rocks.
- 4
archaicNot easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.
to have a rocky heart
- 5
slangHaving little or no money; stony broke.
- 6
Easily rocked; unstable.
The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
- 7
Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
- 8
Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- 9
In the style of rock music.
His new album is quite rocky.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rocky in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abounding in, or full of, rocks:
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 rocky come from?
From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).