# batty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbæti/ · frequency rank #37,336

## Definitions
1. Mad, crazy, silly.
2. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).

## Etymology
From bat + -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”).

## Easily confused with
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-bay)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-butt)
- **betty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-betty)
- **booty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-booty)
- **butts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-butts)
- **Betsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-betsy)
- **Bette** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-bette)
- **butte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-butte)
- **busty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-busty)
- **betta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-betta)
- **bitty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-bitty)
- **Bhatt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-bhatt)
- **bawdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-bawdy)
- **beauty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-beauty)
- **Beatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batty-vs-beatty)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bat-vs-batty)
- **baby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baby-vs-batty)
- **bath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bath-vs-batty)
- **bait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bait-vs-batty)
- **bats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bats-vs-batty)

## Common misspellings (6)
`abtty`, `battyy`, `baty`, `batyt`, `bbatty`, `btaty`

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