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tasty

/ˈteɪsti/adjective, noun

tasty is spelled T-A-S-T-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tasty means “Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in tasty?

Letters5: T-A-S-T-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is tasty?

Tasty appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th 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 tasty?

  • /ˈteɪsti/

Tasty 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: En-us-tasty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of tasty

  • tastier comparative
  • tastiest superlative
  • tasties plural

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

What does tasty mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.

    You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.

  2. 2

    obsoleteHaving or showing good taste; tasteful.

    These items will make an attractive and tasty display.

  3. 3

    slangAppealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.

  4. 4

    UKinformalSkillful; highly competent.

  5. 5

    UKinformalPotentially violent.

  6. 6

    UKarchaicHaving good taste; tasteful.

noun

  1. 1

    informalSomething tasty; a delicious article of food.

  2. 2

    datedA loaf of bread.

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

Tasty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchélégant, avec gout (having or showing good taste)
Germanköstlich, lecker, schmackhaft, geschmackvoll (having or showing good taste)
Portuguesede/com bom gosto (having or showing good taste)
Spanishde buen gusto (having or showing good taste), sabroso (slang: appealing)

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 tasty come from?

From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.

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

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