smarty
/ˈsmɑɹti/noun
smarty is spelled S-M-A-R-T-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, smarty means “An obnoxiously clever or quick-witted person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of smarty is smarties.
How many letters and syllables are in smarty?
| Letters | 6: S-M-A-R-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 smarty?
Smarty appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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 smarty?
- UK /ˈsmɑːti/
- US /ˈsmɑɹti/
Smarty 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-smarty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with smarty?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as smarty from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹti/):
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 smarty
- smarties plural
- smartie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does smarty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalAn obnoxiously clever or quick-witted person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does smarty come from?
From smart + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).