smoky
/ˈsmoʊki/adjective
smoky is spelled S-M-O-K-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “smokey vs smoky” about 720 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, smoky means “Filled with smoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in smoky?
| Letters | 5: S-M-O-K-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is smoky?
Smoky appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 smoky?
- US /ˈsmoʊki/
Smoky 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-smoky.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with smoky
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: smokey.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with smoky?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as smoky from its last stressed vowel (/oʊki/):
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 smoky
- smokier comparative
- smokiest superlative
- smokey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does smoky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Filled with smoke.
a smoky cabin
- 2
Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
a smoky bar
- 3
Giving off smoke.
a smoky oil lamp
- 4
Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
- 5
Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
a smoky whisky
- 6
Resembling or composed of smoke.
- 7
Blackened by smoke.
- 8
Addicted to or associated with the smoking of tobacco.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Smoky in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 smoky come from?
From Middle English smoke, smokei, smoki, smokie, smoky, equivalent to smoke + -y (adjectival suffix). Doublet of Samoki.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).