sappy
/ˈsæpi/adjective
sappy is spelled S-A-P-P-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sappy means “Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sappy?
| Letters | 5: S-A-P-P-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th 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 sappy?
Sappy appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 sappy?
- /ˈsæpi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sappy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sappy
- sappier comparative
- sappiest superlative
- more sappy comparative
- most sappy superlative
- sapy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sappy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USExcessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
- 2
Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
- 3
obsoleteJuicy.
- 4
obsoleteSpongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
- 5
obsoleteMusty; tainted; rancid.
sappie or unsavourie flesh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sappy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy:
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 sappy come from?
From Middle English sappy, sapy, from Old English sæpiġ (“full of sap, succulent”), equivalent to sap + -y. Cognate with West Frisian sappig (“juicy”), Dutch sappig (“juicy, succulent”), Middle High German saffic, seffec ("juicy, succulent"; > German saftig), Danish saftig (“juicy”), Swedish saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of zaftig.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).