# corny

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɔːni/ · frequency rank #21,478

## Definitions
1. Boring and unoriginal.
2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
3. Uncool, stupid, lame.
4. Containing corn.
5. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
6. Tipsy; drunk.
7. Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).

## Etymology
From Middle English corny, equivalent to corn (“a type of cereal or grain”) + -y. Piecewise doublet of grainy. In the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

## Easily confused with
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cry)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-coy)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cozy)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cory)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cosy)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cray)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-corr)
- **cuny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cuny)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-count)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-corps)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-curry)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-curly)
- **Cosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-cosby)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-curvy)
- **crony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-crony)
- **Corso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-corso)
- **coyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-coyne)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-covey)
- **county** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-county)
- **corona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corny-vs-corona)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccorny`, `conry`, `cornny`, `cornyy`, `corrny`, `coryn`, `ocrny`

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