snowy
snow·y/ˈsnoʊi/adjective, noun
snowy is spelled S-N-O-W-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (snow·y). It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, snowy means “Marked by snow; characterized by snow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snowy?
| Letters | 5: S-N-O-W-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: snow·y |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th 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; 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 snowy?
Snowy appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 snowy?
- UK /ˈsnəʊi/
- US /ˈsnoʊi/
Snowy has 2 syllables, split snow·y in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-snowy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snowy?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snowy from its last stressed vowel (/oʊi/):
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 snowy
- snowier comparative
- snowiest superlative
- snowies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snowy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
snowy day
- 2
Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.
snowy hillside
- 3
Snow-white in color; white as snow.
noun
- 1
informalSynonym of snowy owl.
- 2
informalSynonym of snowy egret.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snowy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marked by snow:
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 snowy come from?
From Middle English snowy, snawy; from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).