# spook vs spooky

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### spook
*noun · IPA /spuːk/ · frequency rank #33,857*
A ghost or phantom.

### spooky
*adjective · IPA /ˈspuːki/ · frequency rank #14,420*
Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spook-vs-spooky