Skip to main content

snazzy

snaz·zy/ˈsnæzi/adjective

snazzy is spelled S-N-A-Z-Z-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables (snaz·zy). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, snazzy means “Appealing or stylish in appearance or manner; classy, flashy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in snazzy?

Letters6: S-N-A-Z-Z-Y
Syllables2: snaz·zy
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is snazzy?

Snazzy appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 snazzy?

  • US /ˈsnæzi/

Snazzy has 2 syllables, split snaz·zy in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-snazzy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-snazzy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of snazzy

  • snazzier comparative
  • snazziest superlative

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

What does snazzy mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    slangAppealing or stylish in appearance or manner; classy, flashy.

  2. 2

    slangOf a person: elegant in dressing; of clothes: elegant, fashionable.

    a snazzy dresser

  3. 3

    slangAdept or ingenious in behaviour or operation; excellent, nifty.

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

Snazzy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense of a person: elegant in dressing; of clothes: elegant, fashionable – see also el:

LanguageWords
Germanschick
Spanishchévere, estiloso, glaxo, vistoso, catrín, engalanado

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.

What to look up after snazzy