Mickey or micky?
mickey is a noun meaning “The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen…”; micky is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of Mickey”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) mickey is about 8.9 times as common as micky.
What is the difference between mickey and micky?
| mickey | micky | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adjective, verb | noun |
| Meaning | The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity AustraliainformalThe noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia Sometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug… | |
| Example | While you’re at the liquor store, get a mickey of rye | none recorded |
| Forms | mickeys | mickies |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪki/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: mickey and micky in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of mickey and micky
mickey
- 1
The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity
- 2
AustraliainformalShort for Mickey Mouse (“excellent, grouse”)
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Sometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker…
- 4
derogatoryoffensiveslangA Roman Catholic person
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AustraliainformalThe noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia
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USderogatoryoffensiveslangAn Irishman
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AustraliaslangA young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock
- 8
slangShort for Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”)
micky
- 1
Alternative spelling of Mickey
- 2
Alternative spelling of mickey
- 3
derogatoryoffensiveslangSynonym of Mick (“an Irishman”)
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, mickey or micky?
mickey appears 7.2 times per million words; micky about once in every 1 million words.
mickey 7.2 times per million wordsmicky about once in every 1 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).