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cloudy

clou·dy/ˈklaʊ̯diː/adjective

cloudy is spelled C-L-O-U-D-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables (clou·dy). It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cloudy means “Covered with or characterised by clouds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in cloudy?

Letters6: C-L-O-U-D-Y
Syllables2: clou·dy
In writing3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is cloudy?

Cloudy appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce cloudy?

  • US /ˈklaʊ̯diː/
  • US [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯]
  • [ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː]

Cloudy has 2 syllables, split clou·dy in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cloudy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with cloudy?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cloudy from its last stressed vowel (/aʊdi/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of cloudy

  • cloudier comparative
  • cloudiest superlative
  • clowdy

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does cloudy mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Covered with or characterised by clouds.

  2. 2

    Not transparent or clear.

  3. 3

    Containing pith

  4. 4

    Uncertain; unclear.

  5. 5

    informalUsing or relating to cloud computing.

    a cloudy infrastructure

  6. 6

    archaicslangshady; sketchy; suspicious

  7. 7

    Having cloudlike markings.

    cloudy marble

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Cloudy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchnuageux (covered with or characterised by clouds), trouble (not transparent; not clear), brumeux, nébuleux, opaque (uncertain; unclear)
Germanbewölkt, wolkig (covered with or characterised by clouds), trüb (uncertain; unclear)
Portuguesenublado (covered with or characterised by clouds), turvo (not transparent; not clear), nebuloso, confuso (uncertain; unclear)
Spanishnublado, nublo, nuboso, anubarrado, anubado, nubloso (covered with or characterised by clouds)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does cloudy come from?

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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