# clancy

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,320

## Definitions
1. An overflow or spillage.

## Etymology
From Clancy of the Overflow, a character in a poem of that name (also in The Man from Snowy River) by Australian poet Banjo Patterson.

## Easily confused with
- **clay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clay)
- **clans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clans)
- **clary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clary)
- **clank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clank)
- **clang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clang)
- **classy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-classy)
- **clinch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clinch)
- **cranky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-cranky)
- **clingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clingy)
- **clunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clunky)
- **clench** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clench)
- **cleanly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-cleanly)
- **clan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clan-vs-clancy)
- **candy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candy-vs-clancy)
- **canny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canny-vs-clancy)
- **clack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clack-vs-clancy)
- **chance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chance-vs-clancy)
- **Chaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-clancy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`calncy`, `cclancy`, `clacny`, `clanccy`, `clancyy`, `clanncy`, `clanyc`, `cllancy`, `clnacy`, `lcancy`

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