beachy
/ˈbiːt͡ʃi/
"beachy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beachy” is uncommon English (frequency #50,962 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,962
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beachy · beachy · English
beachy · rank #50,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,962
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bayliss
Nearest frequency peer: Bayliss (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “beachy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
What this shows Long-tail view: where “beachy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beachy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbiːt͡ʃi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beachy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beachy is uncommon English at frequency #50,962 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbiːt͡ʃi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for beachy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From beach + -y. The correct English form is beachy, spelled B-E-A-C-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
- 2Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beachy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O God that one might reade the booke of fate, / And ſee the reuolution of the times, / Make mountaines leuell, and the continent / Weary of ſolide firmeneſſe melt it ſelfe / Into the ſea, and other times to ſee, / The beachie girdle of the ocean, / Too wide for Neptunes hips, how chances mockes, / And changes fill the cup of alteration, / With diuers liqu…
2004 Exporters, here's a "beachy" place to get your feet wet. It's close by, and one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean. — USDA site
Etymology
From beach + -y.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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