blotchy
"blotchy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blotchy” is uncommon English (frequency #77,465 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,465
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Covered in blotches.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blotchy · blotchy · English
blotchy · rank #77,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,465
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blanketing
Nearest frequency peer: blanketing (-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 “blotchy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blackthorn
blackthorn
22,538 corpus weight
- blanketing
blanketing
22,537 corpus weight
- blotchy
blotchy
22,536 corpus weight
- bobbins
bobbins
22,535 corpus weight
- boneyard
boneyard
22,534 corpus weight
- boog
boog
22,532 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blotchy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blotchy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blotchy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blotchy is uncommon English at frequency #77,465 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Covered in blotches.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blotchy, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From blotch + -y. The correct English form is blotchy, spelled B-L-O-T-C-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Covered in blotches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blotchy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sunset colors were not sunset. The sun was bright and blinding overhead, surrounded by reddish clouds, glaring down on the fairy city. The sky was—blotchy. It was daylight, but through the clouds bright stars were shining.
Etymology
From blotch + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).