scoby
/ˈskəʊbi/noun
scoby is spelled S-C-O-B-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scoby means “Alternative form of scobby (“chaffinch”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scoby is scobies.
How many letters and syllables are in scoby?
| Letters | 5: S-C-O-B-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scoby?
Scoby appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 scoby?
- /ˈskəʊbi/
Scoby has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scoby
- scobies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scoby mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of scobby (“chaffinch”).
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of SCOBY (“symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast”).
noun
- 1
Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).