choosy
/ˈt͡ʃuːzi/
"choosy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“choosy” is uncommon English (frequency #51,610 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,610
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
Corpus desk
Index EN-choosy · choosy · English
choosy · rank #51,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,610
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chine
Nearest frequency peer: chine (-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 “choosy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ceredigion
Ceredigion
48,396 corpus weight
- chequered
chequered
48,393 corpus weight
- chine
chine
48,392 corpus weight
- choosy
choosy
48,391 corpus weight
- Clarksburg
Clarksburg
48,388 corpus weight
- clostridium
clostridium
48,386 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “choosy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | choosy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃuːzi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “choosy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
choosy is uncommon English at frequency #51,610 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃuːzi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for choosy, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From choose + -y. The correct English form is choosy, spelled C-H-O-O-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how choosy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since sexual relationships are more costly for female primates – they bear the kids – females are the choosier sex.
Weiss told CNNMoney that Glossier is choosy when it launches a new product.
Etymology
From choose + -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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