whiskery
adjective, noun
whiskery is spelled W-H-I-S-K-E-R-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, whiskery means “Having whiskers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in whiskery?
| Letters | 8: W-H-I-S-K-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th 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 whiskery?
Whiskery appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 whiskery?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-whiskery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of whiskery
- more whiskery comparative
- most whiskery superlative
- whiskeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whiskery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having whiskers.
- 2
Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
- 3
Resembling whiskers.
- 4
Involving or caused by whiskers.
- 5
UKOld.
noun
- 1
rareA whiskey distillery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does whiskery come from?
From whisker + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).