timothy
tim·o·thy/ˈtɪməθi/noun
timothy is spelled T-I-M-O-T-H-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (tim·o·thy). It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, timothy means “Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of timothy is timothies.
How many letters and syllables are in timothy?
| Letters | 7: T-I-M-O-T-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tim·o·thy |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is timothy?
Timothy appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 timothy?
- /ˈtɪməθi/
Timothy has 3 syllables, split tim·o·thy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-timothy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of timothy
- timothies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does timothy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
- 2
Mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum), native to North America.
- 3
Grass of other species of genus Phleum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Timothy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grass of genus Phleum:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fléole, phléole |
| German | Lieschgras |
| Spanish | fleo |
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 timothy come from?
Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).