roughy
noun
roughy is spelled R-O-U-G-H-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, roughy means “The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of roughy is roughies.
How many letters and syllables are in roughy?
| Letters | 6: R-O-U-G-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th 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 roughy?
Roughy appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 roughy?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-roughy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of roughy
- roughies plural
- roughie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does roughy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
- 2
AustraliaAny of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does roughy come from?
From rough + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).