savoy
Sa·voy/səˈvɔɪ/noun
savoy is spelled S-A-V-O-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (Sa·voy). It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, savoy means “Alternative letter-case form of Savoy (“type of cabbage”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of savoy is savoys.
How many letters and syllables are in savoy?
| Letters | 5: S-A-V-O-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Sa·voy |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 savoy?
Savoy appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 savoy?
- US /səˈvɔɪ/
- US [səˈvɔɪ̯]
- British /səˈvoj/
Savoy has 2 syllables, split Sa·voy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Savoy.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with savoy?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as savoy from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪ/):
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 savoy
- savoys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does savoy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Savoy (“type of cabbage”).
noun
- 1
Savoy cabbage.
- 2
A member of an Italian noble family which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does savoy come from?
From French Savoy , Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).