# cheesy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈt͡ʃiːzi/ · frequency rank #13,297

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to cheese.
2. Resembling or containing cheese.
3. Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
4. Cheap, of poor quality.
5. Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere. (of a smile or grin)
6. Constituting or involving a technique considered unsporting or inelegant.

## Etymology
From Middle English chesy, equivalent to cheese + -y. Doublet of caseic.
Compare German käsig (“cheesy”).

## Easily confused with
- **chest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-chest)
- **chess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-chess)
- **chefs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-chefs)
- **chevy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-chevy)
- **chewy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-chewy)
- **chews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-chews)
- **cherry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-cherry)
- **creepy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-creepy)
- **Cheney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheesy-vs-cheney)
- **chee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chee-vs-cheesy)
- **cheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheer-vs-cheesy)
- **cheek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheek-vs-cheesy)
- **cheese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheese-vs-cheesy)
- **cheers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheers-vs-cheesy)
- **cheeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheeks-vs-cheesy)
- **cheeky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheeky-vs-cheesy)
- **cheery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheery-vs-cheesy)
- **cheeses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheeses-vs-cheesy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccheesy`, `cehesy`, `cheessy`, `cheesyy`, `cheeys`, `chesey`, `chesy`, `chheesy`, `hceesy`

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