roy
/ˈɹoɪ̯/obsolete
roy is spelled R-O-Y: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Roy, the name). As a noun, roy means “Initialism of run of year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of roy is roys.
How many letters and syllables are in roy?
| Letters | 3: R-O-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,667th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 roy?
Roy appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Roy, 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 roy?
- /ˈɹoɪ̯/
- [ˈɹʷoɪ̯]
- /ˈɹɔɪ̯/
Roy has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with roy?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as roy.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ryo.
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).
What does roy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA king.
noun
- 1
Initialism of run of year.
adjective
- 1
archaicRoyal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does roy come from?
From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).