sny
/snaɪ/verb, noun
sny is spelled S-N-Y: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, sny means “Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sny?
| Letters | 3: S-N-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 sny?
Sny appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st 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 sny?
- US /snaɪ/
- UK /snʌɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sny.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sny?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sny from its last stressed vowel (/aɪ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: syn.
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 sny
- snies present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- snying participle, present
- snied participle, past
- snithe
- snive
- snie
- snye
- snee
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sny mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something
- 2
obsoleterareTo move, proceed.
noun
- 1
An upward curve at the edge of a plank.
- 2
An upward curve in the lines of a wooden watercraft from amidships toward its bow and its stern.
- 3
archaicA small channel of water.
noun
- 1
Initialism of sensitive needs yard (“part of a prison for prisoners who cannot safely be housed with the general population”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sny come from?
First attested in 1674; its etymology is unknown.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).