Wacky or whacky?
wacky is an adjective meaning “Zany; eccentric”; whacky is an adjective meaning “Alternative spelling of wacky”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) wacky is about 14 times as common as whacky.
What is the difference between wacky and whacky?
| wacky | whacky | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, noun | adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of wacky | |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | wackier, wackiest | whackier, whackiest |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwæk.iː/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words | about once in every 7 million words |
Sources: wacky and whacky 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 wacky and whacky
wacky
- 1
informalslangZany; eccentric
- 2
Alternative form of wacke
whacky
- 1
Alternative spelling of wacky
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, wacky or whacky?
wacky appears 1.9 times per million words; whacky about once in every 7 million words.
wacky 1.9 times per million wordswhacky about once in every 7 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search wacky vs whacky?
“wacky vs whacky” is searched about 10 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
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