samey
/ˈseɪmi/adjective
samey is spelled S-A-M-E-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, samey means “Exhibiting sameness, without variety; monotonous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in samey?
| Letters | 5: S-A-M-E-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 samey?
Samey appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 samey?
- /ˈseɪmi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-samey.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with samey?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as samey.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: seamy.
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 samey mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
UKinformalExhibiting sameness, without variety; monotonous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Samey in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense without variety:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | eintönig, irgendwie gleich, irgendwie ähnlich |
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 samey come from?
From same + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).