waggish
adjective
waggish is spelled W-A-G-G-I-S-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, waggish means “witty, jocular, like a wag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in waggish?
| Letters | 7: W-A-G-G-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 waggish?
Waggish appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 waggish?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-waggish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waggish
- more waggish comparative
- most waggish superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waggish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
witty, jocular, like a wag
- 2
mischievous, tricky
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does waggish come from?
From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).