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sissy

/ˈsɪsi/noun, adjective, verb

sissy is spelled S-I-S-S-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sissy, the name). As a derogatory noun, sissy means “An effeminate boy or man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sissy is sissies.

How many letters and syllables are in sissy?

Letters5: S-I-S-S-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Sounds like

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 sissy?

Sissy appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sissy, 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 sissy?

  • /ˈsɪsi/

Sissy 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). Recordings: En-uk-sissy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with sissy

Sounds like: cissy (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Also written: cissy.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of sissy

  • sissies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • cissy
  • sissier comparative
  • sissiest superlative
  • sissying participle, present
  • sissied participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sissy mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialderogatoryAn effeminate boy or man.

  2. 2

    colloquialderogatoryA timid, unassertive or cowardly person.

  3. 3

    A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.

  4. 4

    colloquialdatedSister; often used as a term of address

  5. 5

    colloquialUrination; urine.

adjective

  1. 1

    derogatoryEffeminate.

  2. 2

    derogatoryCowardly.

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialTo urinate.

  2. 2

    rareslangvulgarTo sissygasm (reach orgasm solely by penetration of the anus).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Sissy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchchochotte, lopette, fifi (an effeminate boy or man), poule mouillée, gonzesse (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
GermanWeichling (an effeminate boy or man), Jammerlappen (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Portugueseboiola, bicha, maricas (an effeminate boy or man)
Spanishafeminado (an effeminate boy or man), calzonazos (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)

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 sissy come from?

From sis (“clipping of sister”) + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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