tummy
/ˈtʌ.mi/noun
tummy is spelled T-U-M-M-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tummy means “The stomach or belly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tummy is tummies.
How many letters and syllables are in tummy?
| Letters | 5: T-U-M-M-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 tummy?
Tummy appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 tummy?
- /ˈtʌ.mi/
Tummy 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-au-tummy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tummy
- tummies plural
- tummie rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tummy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialThe stomach or belly.
- 2
UScolloquialslangA protruding belly, paunch.
- 3
colloquialIn reference to where a baby is carried, the abdomen, or specifically the womb, especially of a woman, but also of animals in general (usually mammals).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tummy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bidon |
| German | Bäuchlein , Bauch |
| Spanish | bidón , barriga, barriguita, bola |
| Portuguese | barriga |
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 tummy come from?
Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).