tammy
/ˈtami/noun, verb
tammy is spelled T-A-M-M-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Tammy, the name). As a noun, tammy means “A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tammy is tammies.
How many letters and syllables are in tammy?
| Letters | 5: T-A-M-M-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 tammy?
Tammy appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Tammy, 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 tammy?
- UK /ˈtami/
Tammy 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-tammy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tammy?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tammy from its last stressed vowel (/ami/, British pronunciation):
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 tammy
- tammies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tamin
- tamine
- taminy
- tammying participle, present
- tammied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tammy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
- 2
A tam o’shanter hat.
verb
- 1
To strain through a tammy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tammy come from?
Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).