# cloudy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈklaʊdi/ · frequency rank #13,885

## Definitions
1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.
2. Not transparent or clear.
3. Not transparent or clear.
4. Uncertain; unclear.
5. Using or relating to cloud computing.
6. shady; sketchy; suspicious
7. Having cloudlike markings.

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

## Easily confused with
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloudy-vs-cody)
- **clout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloudy-vs-clout)
- **clough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloudy-vs-clough)
- **cloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloud-vs-cloudy)
- **clouds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clouds-vs-cloudy)
- **Claude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claude-vs-cloudy)
- **clouded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clouded-vs-cloudy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccloudy`, `clloudy`, `cloduy`, `clouddy`, `cloudyy`, `clouyd`, `cluody`, `coludy`, `lcoudy`

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