fairy

Other forms of fairy

plural

fairies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fairy

What does fairy mean?

fairy means "a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fairy?

fairy has 2 syllables: fair-y. The stress falls on "fair". In IPA it is /ˈfɛɹi/.

What is another word for fairy?

Close synonyms include faery, faerie, fay, sprite, fagot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fairy a common word?

fairy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fairy?

1 word rhymes with fairy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.