chesty
/ˈt͡ʃɛsti/
"chesty" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chesty” is uncommon English (frequency #79,373 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,373
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having large breasts; busty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chesty · chesty · English
chesty · rank #79,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,373
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cheesecloth
Nearest frequency peer: cheesecloth (-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 “chesty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cero
cero
20,631 corpus weight
- cheesecloth
cheesecloth
20,629 corpus weight
- chesty
chesty
20,628 corpus weight
- Chiao
Chiao
20,626 corpus weight
- chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro
20,625 corpus weight
- chlorination
chlorination
20,623 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chesty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chesty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃɛsti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chesty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chesty is uncommon English at frequency #79,373 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃɛsti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
chesty doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chest + -y. The correct English form is chesty, spelled C-H-E-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Having large breasts; busty.
- 2Not dry; involving the coughing of phlegm.
- 3Coming from, or associated with, the chest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chesty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“I just got to figure out how to get this money out of here, and we're back on track.” “Oh, that should be easy. Just stuff it in your bra, right?” “Oh, right.” “Shirley, you're a chesty girl, but that's not gonna fit in your bra.” “No. The tail. The mermaid tail. And the tube. I'll swim it out.”
a chesty cough; a chesty cold
Etymology
From chest + -y.
This word in other languages
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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