spenny
spen·ny/ˈspɛni/adjective
spenny is spelled S-P-E-N-N-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables (spen·ny). It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Spenny, the name). As an adjective, spenny means “Expensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spenny?
| Letters | 6: S-P-E-N-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: spen·ny |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 spenny?
Spenny appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Spenny, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce spenny?
- US /ˈspɛni/
Spenny has 2 syllables, split spen·ny in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with spenny?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spenny from its last stressed vowel (/ɛni/):
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 spenny
- more spenny comparative
- most spenny superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spenny mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
AustraliaUKinformalExpensive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spenny come from?
Variant of spendy. Possibly influenced by a clipping of expensive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).